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Physical geodesy  

Description

The Earth's gravity field varies from location to location depending on the composition of the materials in the subsurface. These variations impact the shape of the Earth and cause the water in the oceans not to coincide with a simple surface. The Geoid is an equipotential surface for gravity describing the zero-level surface. On land, the Geoid is needed to compute heights from satellite positioning. The course aims to provide the students with knowledge about the mathematical models and methodology used for describing the Earth's shape and gravity field.

Delivery mode

Presential
English

Name

Physical geodesy
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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