Practical comparison of formulae for computing normal gravity at the observation point with emphasis on the territory of Slovakia

Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-188

  Vajda, P ^a   Panisova J ^a  

^a Geophysical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Equipotential ellipsoid; Geophysical indirect effect; International gravity formula; Reference ellipsoid; Somigliana Pizzetti gravity field

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 29944441209     PISSN: 13352806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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