Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term

Molodensky G terms are used in the computation of the quasigeoid. We derive error propagation formulas that take into account uncertainties in both the free air gravity anomaly and a digital elevation model. These are applied to generate G1 terms and their errors on a 1? × 1? grid over Australia. We...

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Main Authors: McCubbine, J., Featherstone, Will, Brown, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer - Verlag 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73362
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Featherstone, Will
Brown, N.
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description Molodensky G terms are used in the computation of the quasigeoid. We derive error propagation formulas that take into account uncertainties in both the free air gravity anomaly and a digital elevation model. These are applied to generate G1 terms and their errors on a 1? × 1? grid over Australia. We use these to produce Molodensky gravity anomaly and accompanying uncertainty grids. These uncertainties have average value of 2 mGal with maximum of 54 mGal. We further calculate a gravimetric quasigeoid model by the remove–compute–restore technique. These Molodensky gravity anomaly uncertainties lead to quasigeoid uncertainties with a mean of 4 mm and maximum of 80 mm when propagated through a deterministically modified Stokes’s integral over an integration cap radius of 0.5°.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-733622019-05-23T03:33:44Z Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term McCubbine, J. Featherstone, Will Brown, N. Molodensky G terms are used in the computation of the quasigeoid. We derive error propagation formulas that take into account uncertainties in both the free air gravity anomaly and a digital elevation model. These are applied to generate G1 terms and their errors on a 1? × 1? grid over Australia. We use these to produce Molodensky gravity anomaly and accompanying uncertainty grids. These uncertainties have average value of 2 mGal with maximum of 54 mGal. We further calculate a gravimetric quasigeoid model by the remove–compute–restore technique. These Molodensky gravity anomaly uncertainties lead to quasigeoid uncertainties with a mean of 4 mm and maximum of 80 mm when propagated through a deterministically modified Stokes’s integral over an integration cap radius of 0.5°. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73362 10.1007/s00190-018-1211-6 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Springer - Verlag fulltext
spellingShingle McCubbine, J.
Featherstone, Will
Brown, N.
Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term
title Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term
title_full Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term
title_fullStr Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term
title_full_unstemmed Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term
title_short Error propagation for the Molodensky G1 term
title_sort error propagation for the molodensky g1 term
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73362