GIS-E5030 - Physical Geodesy L, 16.04.2019-27.05.2019
This course space end date is set to 27.05.2019 Search Courses: GIS-E5030
Topic outline
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Course overview
The Earth's gravity field and its representations; the geopotential and spherical harmonic expansions; different observation types and their processing; gravity anomalies; the figure of the Earth (geoid) and its determination; height measurement and height systems; terrain models and terrain effects; gravity and the internal structure of the Earth; sea level, the geoid and sea surface topography; the use of satellites in determining the gravity field.--
Image: Professor Vening Meinesz travelling around the world, measuring gravity with his super-sensitive instrument
Lectures
The lectures are in K201, Tuesdays 14:15-16, Wednesdays 12:15-14. Exercises are in Y344, Wednesdays 14-16.
Lecture text: https://users.aalto.fi/~mvermeer/fys-en.pdf or https://users.aalto.fi/~mvermeer/fys-fi.pdfTuesday 16 April 14-16 Fundamentals of theory of gravitationWednesday 17 April 12-14 <CANCELED>Tuesday 23 April 14-16 The Laplace equation and its solutionsWednesday 24 April 12-14 The normal gravity field, anomalous quantities, geophysical reductionsTuesday 30 April 14-16 Vertical reference systems and the geoidTuesday 7 May 14-16 The Stokes equation, other integral equations, spectral techniques, FFTWednesday 8 May 12-14 Statistical methodsTuesday 14 May 14-16 Gravimetric measurement devicesWednesday 15 May 12-14 The geoid, mean sea level, sea-surface topographyTuesday 21 May 14-16 Satellite altimetry and satellite gravity missionsWednesday 22 May 12-14 Tides, atmosphere, Earth crustal movements; gravity-field researchCourse exam Monday 27 May, 9-11, Lecture hall K326 Otakaari 4Exercises
Exercises are on Wednesdays 14-16 in Y344, Otakaari 1.
Wednesday 17 April 14-16 Kick-offWednesday 24 April 14-16 <CANCELED>Wednesday 8 May 14-16Wednesday 15 May 14-16Wednesday 22 May 14-16