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Airborne gravity field surveying for oceanography, geology and geodesy — the experiences from AGMASCO

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Geodesy Beyond 2000

Part of the book series: International Association of Geodesy Symposia ((IAG SYMPOSIA,volume 121))

Abstract

Within the European AGMASCO project (Airborne Geoid Mapping System for Coastal Oceanography), cooperations with user groups from Oceanography, Geology and Geodesy have been arisen. The airplane based gravimetry/altimetry system provides a rapid surveying procedure which is specially employed in not easily available marine and land areas (e.g. coastal/shelf areas, polar regions). In Geodesy, it serves for the improvement and refinement of already existing geoids and of future satellite-only gravity field models. The availability of precise regional geoids allow the monitoring of the dynamic sea surface topography by satellite altimetry. For applications in geology and geotechnics, gravimetry is a pre-surveying method for exploration of energy resources.

The AGMASCO products such as gravity anomalies, sea surface heights and regional geoids (Skagerrak/1996, Fram Strait/1997, Azores/1997) will be discussed in this paper. The accuracy corresponds to the state-of-the-art of airborne gravimeuy/altimetry.

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  1. GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Ludger Timmen

  2. Obs. Astronomico, Univ. of Porto, Monte da Virgem, P-4430, V. N. Gaia, Portugal

    Luisa Bastos

  3. National Survey and Cadastre, Rentemestervej 8, DK-2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark

    Rene Forsberg

  4. Inst. of Solid Earth Physics, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, Norway

    Arne Gidskehaug

  5. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Columbusstr., D-27568, Bremerhaven, Germany

    Uwe Meyer

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  1. Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, T2N 1N4, Calgary, Aberta, Canada

    Klaus-Peter Schwarz

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Timmen, L., Bastos, L., Forsberg, R., Gidskehaug, A., Meyer, U. (2000). Airborne gravity field surveying for oceanography, geology and geodesy — the experiences from AGMASCO. In: Schwarz, KP. (eds) Geodesy Beyond 2000. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59742-8_19

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