Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia

Much of the ship-track marine gravity data in the Australian national gravity database must not be relied upon because several large (>900 mGal) biases exist in them. These biases were detected and cross-validated through comparisons with marine gravity anomalies derived from re-tracked multi-mi...

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Main Author: Featherstone, Will
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14242
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description Much of the ship-track marine gravity data in the Australian national gravity database must not be relied upon because several large (>900 mGal) biases exist in them. These biases were detected and cross-validated through comparisons with marine gravity anomalies derived from re-tracked multi-mission satellite altimetry and a recent satellite-only global geopotential model derived from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE). This shows the need to carefully screen ship-track gravity data to ensure that they have been crossover adjusted before they are relied upon in any Earth-science study.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-142422017-09-13T16:00:44Z Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia Featherstone, Will satellite altimetry satellite gravimetry GRACE Australia global geopotential models geodesy marine gravimetry gravity Much of the ship-track marine gravity data in the Australian national gravity database must not be relied upon because several large (>900 mGal) biases exist in them. These biases were detected and cross-validated through comparisons with marine gravity anomalies derived from re-tracked multi-mission satellite altimetry and a recent satellite-only global geopotential model derived from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE). This shows the need to carefully screen ship-track gravity data to ensure that they have been crossover adjusted before they are relied upon in any Earth-science study. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14242 10.1080/08120090802547025 Taylor & Francis Ltd fulltext
spellingShingle satellite altimetry
satellite gravimetry
GRACE
Australia
global geopotential models
geodesy
marine gravimetry
gravity
Featherstone, Will
Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia
title Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia
title_full Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia
title_fullStr Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia
title_full_unstemmed Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia
title_short Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia
title_sort only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around australia
topic satellite altimetry
satellite gravimetry
GRACE
Australia
global geopotential models
geodesy
marine gravimetry
gravity
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14242