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Geodesy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin/Boston :
De Gruyter,
1991.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction; 1.1 Definition and Classification of Geodesy; 1.2 The Problem of Geodesy; 1.3 Historical Development of Geodesy; 1.3.1 The Spherical Earth Model; 1.3.2 The Ellipsoidal Earth Model; 1.3.3 Arc Measurements; 1.3.4 The Geoid and the Ellipsoid; 1.4 Organization of Geodesy, Literature; 1.4.1 National Organizations; 1.4.2 International Collaboration; 1.4.3 Literature; 2 The Gravity Field of the Earth; 2.1 Components of the Gravity Field; 2.1.1 Gravitation, Gravitational Potential; 2.1.2 Gravitational Potential of a Spherically Symmetric Earth.
- 2.1.3 Properties of the Gravitational Potential2.1.4 Centrifugal Acceleration, Centrifugal Potential; 2.1.5 Gravity Acceleration, Gravity Potential; 2.2 Level Surfaces and Plumb Lines; 2.2.1 Definition and Properties of Level Surfaces; 2.2.2 Analytical Representation of Level Surfaces; 2.2.3 Curvature of the Level Surfaces; 2.2.4 Curvature of Plumb Lines; 2.2.5 Gravity Gradient; 2.3 Spherical Harmonic Expansion of the Gravitational Potential; 2.3.1 Expansion of the Reciprocal Distance; 2.3.2 Expansion of the Gravitational Potential; 2.3.3 The Geometrical Meaning of the Surface Harmonics.
- 2.3.4 Physical Meaning of the Lower Degree Harmonic Coefficients2.4 Temporal Variations of the Gravity Field; 2.4.1 Tidal Acceleration, Tidal Potential; 2.4.2 Earth Tides; 2.4.3 Other Temporal Variations of the Gravity Field; 3 Geodetic Reference Systems; 3.1 Global Spatial Cartesian System, Polar Motion; 3.2 Coordinate Systems in the Earth's Gravity Field; 3.2.1 Global Astronomic System; 3.2.2 Local Astronomic Systems, Computations in the Earth's Gravity Field; 3.2.3 Local Astronomic and Global Cartesian System; 3.3 The Geoid as Reference Surface for Heights; 3.3.1 Definition of the Geoid.
- 3.3.2 Geopotential Number and Orthometric Height3.3.3 Mean Sea Level; 3.4 Ellipsoidal Reference Systems; 3.4.1 Geometric Parameters and Coordinate Systems of the Rotational Ellipsoid; 3.4.2 Curvature of the Rotational Ellipsoid; 3.4.3 Spatial Ellipsoidal Coordinate System; 3.5 The Normal Gravity Field; 3.5.1 The Normal Figure of the Earth, Level Ellipsoid; 3.5.2 The Normal Gravity Field of the Level Ellipsoid; 3.5.3 Series Expansions in the Normal Gravity Field; 3.5.4 The Triaxial Ellipsoid; 3.5.5 Geodetic Reference Systems; 3.5.6 Normal Geographic Coordinates, Normal Heights.
- 4 Methods of Measurement in Geodesy4.1 Astronomic Measurements; 4.1.1 Coordinate Systems of Spherical Astronomy; 4.1.2 Variation of Stellar Coordinates, Star Catalogues; 4.1.3 Time Systems; 4.1.4 Observational Instruments; 4.1.5 Methods to Determine Astronomic Positions, Azimuth, and Time; 4.2 Gravity Measurements; 4.2.1 Absolute Gravity Measurements; 4.2.2 Relative Gravity Measurements; 4.2.3 Gravity Measurements on the Ocean and in the Air; 4.2.4 Gravity Reference Systems; 4.2.5 Determination of the Gravity Gradient; 4.2.6 The Measurement of Earth Tides.