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    Comparisons of recent global geopotential models with terrestrial gravity field observations over New Zealand and Australia

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    Authors
    Amos, Matthew
    Featherstone, Will
    Date
    2003
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Amos, M. J. and Featherstone, W. E. 2003. Comparisons of recent global geopotential models with terrestrial gravity field observations over New Zealand and Australia. Geomatics Research Australasia. 79: 1-20.
    Source Title
    Geomatics Research Australasia
    Faculty
    Division of Resources and Environment
    Department of Spatial Sciences
    Remarks

    Geomantics Research Australia has been succeeded by Journal of Spatial Science.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4117
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    Abstract

    This study compares global geopotential models (GGMs) released between 1996 and 2002, including four that incorporate data from the CHAMP dedicated satellite gravimetry mission, with terrestrial gravity field-related data over Australia and New Zealand. The GGM-implied gravity anomalies are compared with point free-air gravity anomalies on land; geoid heights compared with discrete geometrical heights from co-located GPS and sprit-levelling data on the local vertical datums; and absolute (Pizzetti) deflections of the vertical at the geoid are compared with absolute (Helmert) vertical deflection estimates at the Earth’s surface. The results indicate that EIGEN-2, which uses purely CHAMP data, is currently the best satellite-only GGM over Australia and New Zealand (acknowledging the presence of long-wavelength errors in the “control” data), whereas the various combined high-degree GGMs are not statistically significantly different from one another over Australia and New Zealand. A hybrid GGM was created from EIGEN-2 to degree 32 and EGM96 from degree 33 to 360, where the cut off was selected using the global error degree variances of each. This GGM makes a very slight improvement on all others, and thus will probably be used in near-future Australian and New Zealand geoid models

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