Physical Geodesy
2nd Edition
Published on 21. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 403 pages
978-3-211-23584-3 (ISBN)
Description
Based on "Heiskanen/Moritz" which served for more than 30 years as a standard reference
Treats physical geodesy encyclopaedically
Seamless blend of new ideas and methods (GPS, satellites, collocation)
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Publishing group
Springer Wien
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
111
111 s/w Abbildungen
111 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
840 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-211-23584-3 (9783211235843)
DOI
10.1007/b139113
Schweitzer Classification
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Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof | Helmut Moritz
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Content
Motivation.- Fundamentals of potential theory.- Gravity field of the earth.- Gravity reduction.- Heights.- The geometry of the earth.- Gravity field outside the earth.- Space methods.- Modern views on the determination of the figure of the earth.- Statistical methods in physical geodesy.- Least-squares collocation.- Computational methods.