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GPS has been used to compute the height of mean sea level (MSL) above a reference ellipsoid at a network of 14 tide gauge sites, several hundred kilometres apart in the UK. The resultant ‘GPS/MSL geoid’ heights have then been compared to values taken from a global, an European and a national geoid model. Through these comparisons an assessment of the vertical datum offsets, and of the magnitude of any long wavelength errors in the geoid models, has been carried out.
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Bingley, R.M., Dodson, A.H., Penna, N.T., Baker, T.F. (2002). Using a ‘GPS/MSL Geoid’ to Test Geoid Models in the UK. In: Drewes, H., Dodson, A.H., Fortes, L.P.S., Sánchez, L., Sandoval, P. (eds) Vertical Reference Systems. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04683-8_38
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