Plag, H.-P.; Altamimi, Z.; Bettadpur, S.; Beutler, G.; Beyerle, G.; Cazenave, A.; Crossley, D.; Donnellan, A.; Forsberg, R.; Gross, R.; Hinderer, J.; Komjathy, A.; Ma, C.; Mannucci, A.J.; Noll, C.; Nothnagel, A.; Pavlis, E.C.; Pearlman, M.; Poli, P.; Schreiber, U.; ... (2009). The goals, achievements, and tools of modern geodesy. In: Plag, Hans-Peter; Pearman, Michael (eds.) Global Geodetic Observing System. Meeting the Requirements of a Global Society on a Changing Planet in 2020 (pp. 15-88). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag 10.1007/978-3-642-02687-4_2
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843-1917) defined geodesy as the science “of measurements and mappings of the Earth’s surface”. Over time, this definition of geodesy has been extended, mainly as a consequence of technological developments allowing geodesy to observe the Earth on global scales with high accuracy. Today, geodesy is the science of determining the geometry, gravity field, and rotation of the Earth and their evolution in time. This understanding of modern geodesy has led to the definition of the “three pillars of geodesy”, namely (1) Geokinematics, (2) Earth Rotation and (3) the Gravity Field (see Figure 1.1 on page 4). These three pillars are intrinsically linked to each other, and they jointly change as a consequence of dynamical processes in the Earth system as a whole.
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08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Astronomy |
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Beutler, Gerhard |
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978-3-642-02686-7 |
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Springer Verlag |
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English |
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Factscience Import |
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04 Oct 2013 15:23 |
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13 Feb 2023 16:22 |
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10.1007/978-3-642-02687-4_2 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/37659 (FactScience: 208990) |
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