AUSGeoid09: A more direct and more accurate model for converting ellipsoidal heights to AHD heights

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-37

  Brown, N J ^a   Featherstone, W E ^b   Hu, G ^a   Johnston, G M ^a  

^a Geoscience Australia   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AHD; AUSGeoid; GNSS heighting; Quasigeoid

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GEODETIC DATUM; GEOID; GEOMETRY; GNSS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 80052171022     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2011.580498     Document Type: Article

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