Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia

The GMGA97, KMS01 and Sandwell's v.9.2 grids of marine gravity anomalies, derived from multi-mission satellite altimetry, are compared with one another and with ship-track gravity anomalies computed from the Australian marine gravity database. The results show some significant differences among...

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Main Author: Featherstone, Will
Other Authors: I N Tziavos
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Ziti Editions 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7485
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description The GMGA97, KMS01 and Sandwell's v.9.2 grids of marine gravity anomalies, derived from multi-mission satellite altimetry, are compared with one another and with ship-track gravity anomalies computed from the Australian marine gravity database. The results show some significant differences among these data sources, especially close to the coasts and in regions of steep horizontal gravity gradients, such as along the continental shelf. These are attributed to loss of altimeter lock as it passes over the coast and poorly modelled shallow-sea tides, and data interpolation errors, respectively. The comparisons also show that there are some serious biases among ship-tracks in the Australian marine gravity database, which illus-trates that these data have not been crossover cor-rected properly. Therefore, users of any of these data should treat them with caution.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-74852017-01-30T11:00:11Z Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia Featherstone, Will I N Tziavos coastal zone Satellite altimetry Australia marine gravimetry The GMGA97, KMS01 and Sandwell's v.9.2 grids of marine gravity anomalies, derived from multi-mission satellite altimetry, are compared with one another and with ship-track gravity anomalies computed from the Australian marine gravity database. The results show some significant differences among these data sources, especially close to the coasts and in regions of steep horizontal gravity gradients, such as along the continental shelf. These are attributed to loss of altimeter lock as it passes over the coast and poorly modelled shallow-sea tides, and data interpolation errors, respectively. The comparisons also show that there are some serious biases among ship-tracks in the Australian marine gravity database, which illus-trates that these data have not been crossover cor-rected properly. Therefore, users of any of these data should treat them with caution. 2003 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7485 Ziti Editions restricted
spellingShingle coastal zone
Satellite altimetry
Australia
marine gravimetry
Featherstone, Will
Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia
title Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia
title_full Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia
title_fullStr Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia
title_short Comparison of Different Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Grids with Ship-Borne Gravity Data Around Australia
title_sort comparison of different satellite altimeter-derived gravity anomaly grids with ship-borne gravity data around australia
topic coastal zone
Satellite altimetry
Australia
marine gravimetry
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7485