Basic equations for constructing geopotential models from the gravitational potential derivatives of the first and second orders in the terrestrial reference frame

DOI10.1007/s00190-011-0535-2zbMath1351.86020OpenAlexW2101237532MaRDI QIDQ727449

A. N. Vershkov, M. S. Petrovskaya

Publication date: 6 December 2016

Published in: Journal of Geodesy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-011-0535-2

zbMATH Keywords

gravitational gradients of the first and second ordersterrestrial reference frametransformation of the gradients into geopotential models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Potentials, prospecting (86A20)

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