Two different methodologies for geoid determination from ground and airborne gravity data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 914-922

  Bayoud, Fadi A ^a   Sideris, Michael G ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne gravimetry; Downward continuation; Geoid; GPS Levelling; Terrain correction

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; GEODESY; GEOID; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0348195709     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02083.x     Document Type: Article

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