Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software

© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers. Gravimetric geoid or quasigeoid models are often evaluated using Global Positioning System (GPS) and leveling, but the veracity of these control data is not always considered. Using a precisely surveyed 40-km-long traverse of 62 points in Perth, Western Au...

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Main Authors: Featherstone, Will, Lyon, Todd, McCubbine, J.C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81725
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Lyon, Todd
McCubbine, J.C.
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description © 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers. Gravimetric geoid or quasigeoid models are often evaluated using Global Positioning System (GPS) and leveling, but the veracity of these control data is not always considered. Using a precisely surveyed 40-km-long traverse of 62 points in Perth, Western Australia, we exemplify that vertical land motion and the choice of GPS processing software may lead to spurious conclusions as to which is the best model, particularly with regard to the assessment in the presence of tilts among these data sets. We recommend that the effect of vertical land motion (if present) be factored into such evaluations, GPS data be processed using the same software and in the same reference frame, and tilts among the data sets be considered during the evaluations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-817252021-01-21T05:36:01Z Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software Featherstone, Will Lyon, Todd McCubbine, J.C. Science & Technology Technology Engineering, Civil Engineering Quasigeoid evaluation Vertical land motion GPS leveling ELLIPSOIDAL HEIGHTS GRAVITY AUSGEOID98 © 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers. Gravimetric geoid or quasigeoid models are often evaluated using Global Positioning System (GPS) and leveling, but the veracity of these control data is not always considered. Using a precisely surveyed 40-km-long traverse of 62 points in Perth, Western Australia, we exemplify that vertical land motion and the choice of GPS processing software may lead to spurious conclusions as to which is the best model, particularly with regard to the assessment in the presence of tilts among these data sets. We recommend that the effect of vertical land motion (if present) be factored into such evaluations, GPS data be processed using the same software and in the same reference frame, and tilts among the data sets be considered during the evaluations. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81725 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000293 English ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Civil
Engineering
Quasigeoid evaluation
Vertical land motion
GPS leveling
ELLIPSOIDAL HEIGHTS
GRAVITY
AUSGEOID98
Featherstone, Will
Lyon, Todd
McCubbine, J.C.
Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software
title Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software
title_full Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software
title_fullStr Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software
title_full_unstemmed Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software
title_short Potentially Misleading GPS Leveling-Based Assessment of Gravimetric Geoid or Quasigeoid Models due to Vertical Land Motion and Different GPS Processing Software
title_sort potentially misleading gps leveling-based assessment of gravimetric geoid or quasigeoid models due to vertical land motion and different gps processing software
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Civil
Engineering
Quasigeoid evaluation
Vertical land motion
GPS leveling
ELLIPSOIDAL HEIGHTS
GRAVITY
AUSGEOID98
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81725