Thepresentpaper reviews thecontemporary stateofdefinitionand theoryof thegeoid. Key features are: quasigeoid, externalgravitational field from satellites and its analytical downward continuation to the Earth's interior, data combination by least-squares collocation, and a new view of gravity reduction. This is done under the modern systematic perspective provided by the possibility of a purely ...

Traditionally, geoid models have been validated using GNSS-levelling benchmarks on land only. As such cannot be established offshore, marine areas of must evaluated in a ...

[1] We use a revised partitioning of the planet figure into equilibrium and nonequilibrium contributions that takes into account the presence of an elastic lithosphere to study the Martian gravity field and shape. The equilibrium contribution is associated with the present rotational figure, and the nonequilibrium contribution is dominated by Tharsis and a remnant rotational figure supported by...

A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is fundamental information for the geo-spatial data infrastructure framework. Many applications require three-dimensional (3-D) geo-spatial data with high spatial resolution and accuracy. One leading technology of the nationwide 3-D mapping is airborne interferometric SAR mapping system due to its all-weather acquisition capability. Compared to other airborne map...

Chronometric geodesy applies general relativity to study the problem of the shape of celestial bodies including the earth, and their gravitational field. The present paper discusses the relativistic problem of construction of a background geometric manifold that is used for describing a reference ellipsoid, geoid, the normal gravity field of the earth and for calculating geoid’s undulation (hei...