Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia

The AUSGeoid98 gravimetric model has been compared with 48 GPD-levelling points at a ~50km spacing across part of the southwest of Western Australia. This is arguably the best subset of GPS-derived ellipsoidal heights in Australia with na internally estimated precision of < +-9mm. The spirit-...

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Main Author: Featherstone, Will
Format: Journal Article
Published: Commonwealth Association for Surveying and Land Economy 2004
Online Access:http://www.surveyreview.org
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9260
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description The AUSGeoid98 gravimetric model has been compared with 48 GPD-levelling points at a ~50km spacing across part of the southwest of Western Australia. This is arguably the best subset of GPS-derived ellipsoidal heights in Australia with na internally estimated precision of < +-9mm. The spirit-levelled heights were tied to the Australian Height Datum(AHD)using class C techniques [12mm-root-km allowable misclose]. The comparisons shoe that AUSGeoid98 gives a GPS height transformation to the AHD with a precision of ~+-13cm, which is less than reported earlier (~+-36 cm)for a nationwide dataset. A clear north-south trend of ~0.81 mm/km [ppm] is also evident in the differences; of which approximately one-third is attributable to a north-south error in the AHD induced by dominant north-south sea surface topography effects at the nearby fixed tide gauges. After removal of this north-south trend, the standard deviation of the differences reduces to ~5 cm.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-92602017-01-30T11:11:34Z Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia Featherstone, Will The AUSGeoid98 gravimetric model has been compared with 48 GPD-levelling points at a ~50km spacing across part of the southwest of Western Australia. This is arguably the best subset of GPS-derived ellipsoidal heights in Australia with na internally estimated precision of < +-9mm. The spirit-levelled heights were tied to the Australian Height Datum(AHD)using class C techniques [12mm-root-km allowable misclose]. The comparisons shoe that AUSGeoid98 gives a GPS height transformation to the AHD with a precision of ~+-13cm, which is less than reported earlier (~+-36 cm)for a nationwide dataset. A clear north-south trend of ~0.81 mm/km [ppm] is also evident in the differences; of which approximately one-third is attributable to a north-south error in the AHD induced by dominant north-south sea surface topography effects at the nearby fixed tide gauges. After removal of this north-south trend, the standard deviation of the differences reduces to ~5 cm. 2004 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9260 http://www.surveyreview.org Commonwealth Association for Surveying and Land Economy fulltext
spellingShingle Featherstone, Will
Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia
title Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia
title_full Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia
title_fullStr Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia
title_full_unstemmed Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia
title_short Evidence of a north-south trend between AUSGeoid98 and AHD in southwest Australia
title_sort evidence of a north-south trend between ausgeoid98 and ahd in southwest australia
url http://www.surveyreview.org
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9260