Evaluation of global gravity field models using shipborne free-air gravity anomalies over the Gulf of Guinea, Central Africa

Survey Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Kamto Paul Gautier ◽  
Yap Loudi ◽  
Zanga Amougou Alain ◽  
Kandé Houetchak Ludovic ◽  
Nguiya Sévérin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Field ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Gravity Anomalies ◽  
Gulf Of Guinea ◽  
Free Air ◽  
Global Gravity ◽  
Free Air Gravity ◽  
Gravity Field Models

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE RECENT HIGH-DEGREE COMBINED GLOBAL GRAVITY-FIELD MODELS FOR GEOID MODELLING OVER KENYA

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Patroba Achola Odera
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Field ◽  
Gravity Anomalies ◽  
Free Air ◽  
Global Gravity ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Standard Deviations ◽  
Free Air Gravity ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Gravity Field Models ◽  
Geoid Undulations

This study carries out an evaluation of the recent high-degree combined global gravity-field models (EGM2008, EIGEN-6C4, GECO and SGG-UGM-1) over Kenya. The evaluation is conducted using observed geoid undulations (18 data points, mainly in Nairobi area) and free-air gravity anomalies (8,690 data points, covering the whole country). All the four models are applied at full spherical harmonic degree expansion. The standard deviations of the differences between observed and GGMs implied geoid undulations at 18 GPS/levelling points over Nairobi area are ±11.62, ±11.48, ±12.51 and ±11.75 cm for EGM2008, EIGEN-6C4, GECO and SGG-UGM-1, respectively. On the other hand, standard deviations of the differences between observed and GGMs implied free-air gravity anomalies at 8,690 data points over Kenya are ±10.11, ±10.03, ±10.19 and ±10.00 mGal for EGM2008, EIGEN-6C4, GECO and SGG-UGM-1, respectively. These results indicate that the recent high-degree global gravity-field models generally perform at the same level over Kenya. However, EIGEN6C4 performs slightly better than EGM2008, GECO and SGG-UGM-1, considering the independent check provided by GPS/levelling data (admittedly over a small area). These results further indicate a good prospect for the development of a precise gravimetric geoid model over Kenya using EIGEN-6C4 by integrating local terrestrial gravity data in a removecompute-restore scheme.

scholarly journals Validation of GOCE global gravity field models using terrestrial gravity data in Norway

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Šprlák ◽  
C. Gerlach ◽  
B. Pettersen
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Analysis ◽  
Gravity Field ◽  
Gravity Data ◽  
Gravity Anomalies ◽  
Gravity Field Model ◽  
Terrestrial Gravity ◽  
Free Air ◽  
Global Gravity ◽  
Free Air Gravity ◽  
Gravity Field Models

Validation of GOCE global gravity field models using terrestrial gravity data in NorwayThe GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite gravity gradiometry mission maps the Earth's gravity field. Harmonic analysis of GOCE observations provides a global gravity field model (GGFM). Three theoretical strategies, namely the direct, the space-wise and the time-wise approach, have been proposed for GOCE harmonic analysis. Based on these three methods, several GGFMs have been provided to the user community by ESA. Thereby different releases are derived from different periods of GOCE observations and some of the models are based on combinations with other sources of gravity field information. Due to the multitude of GOCE GGFMs, validation against independent data is a crucial task for the quality description of the different models.In this study, GOCE GGFMs from three releases are validated with respect to terrestrial free-air gravity anomalies in Norway. The spectral enhancement method is applied to avoid spectral inconsistency between the terrestrial and the GOCE free-air gravity anomalies.The results indicate that the time-wise approach is a reliable harmonic analysis procedure in all three releases of GOCE models. The space-wise approach, available in two releases, provides similar results as the time-wise approach. The direct approach seems to be highly affected by a-priori information.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Gravity Data Derived from Global Gravity Field Models Using Terrestrial Gravity Data in Enugu State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.I. Apeh ◽  
E.C. Moka ◽  
V.N. Uzodinma
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Field ◽  
Gravity Data ◽  
Gravity Anomalies ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Bouguer Gravity ◽  
Bouguer Anomalies ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Global Gravity ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
Gravity Field Models

Abstract Spherical harmonic expansion is a commonly applied mathematical representation of the earth’s gravity field. This representation is implied by the potential coeffcients determined by using elements/parameters of the field observed on the surface of the earth and/or in space outside the earth in the spherical harmonic expansion of the field. International Centre for Gravity Earth Models (ICGEM) publishes, from time to time, Global Gravity Field Models (GGMs) that have been developed. These GGMs need evaluation with terrestrial data of different locations to ascertain their accuracy for application in those locations. In this study, Bouguer gravity anomalies derived from a total of eleven (11) recent GGMs, using sixty sample points, were evaluated by means of Root-Mean-Square difference and correlation coeficient. The Root-Mean-Square differences of the computed Bouguer anomalies from ICGEMwebsite compared to their positionally corresponding terrestrial Bouguer anomalies range from 9.530mgal to 37.113mgal. Additionally, the correlation coe_cients of the structure of the signal of the terrestrial and GGM-derived Bouguer anomalies range from 0.480 to 0.879. It was observed that GECO derived Bouguer gravity anomalies have the best signal structure relationship with the terrestrial data than the other ten GGMs. We also discovered that EIGEN-6C4 and GECO derived Bouguer anomalies have enormous potential to be used as supplements to the terrestrial Bouguer anomalies for Enugu State, Nigeria.

Deriving the ancient lunar pole path from impact induced gravity anomalies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E Smith ◽  
Maria T Zuber ◽  
Sander J Goossens ◽  
Gregory A Neumann ◽  
Erwan Mazarico
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Field ◽  
Gravity Anomalies ◽  
Pole Position ◽  
Induced Gravity ◽  
Free Air ◽  
Approximate Location ◽  
Free Air Gravity ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Lunar Rotation

<p>The large anomalies in the lunar gravity field are in most cases the result of large impacts that occurred more than 3 billion years ago.  Today those anomalies provide the stability of the lunar rotation and if removed would cause a change in the position of the intersection of the spin pole with the lithosphere. Thus, extracting a gravity anomaly from today’s gravity field can provide the approximate location of the pole of rotation prior to the impact that caused the anomaly.  By removing the gravity field of each anomaly in order of age, youngest first, we can estimate the path of the lunar pole back 3 to 4 billion years, to the beginning of the time of heavy bombardment.</p><p>Starting from the GRAIL gravity model we selectively remove large gravity anomalies by first determining the center and dimensions of the anomaly from the Bouguer gravity and then deriving the average free air gravity for the Bouguer location and dimensions. The anomaly field is expanded into spherical harmonics and the degree 2 terms used to derive the change in pole position caused by the anomaly. Removing each anomaly in order of increasing age provides an estimate of the pole path from before the time of the first anomaly, SP-A.  Since the pole path depends on the order of the gravity anomalies being created it is important to know when each impact induced anomaly occurred.  The results suggest the re-constructed motion of the lunar pole of rotation is within approximately 10 dgerees of the present pole.</p>

scholarly journals Recovering Marine Gravity Over the Gulf of Guinea From Multi-Satellite Sea Surface Heights

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Fiifi Annan ◽  
Xiaoyun Wan
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Field ◽  
Gravity Anomalies ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Gulf Of Guinea ◽  
Gravity Field Model ◽  
The North ◽  
Marine Gravity ◽  
Sea Surface Heights ◽  
East Component

A regional gravity field product, comprising vertical deflections and gravity anomalies, of the Gulf of Guinea (15°W to 5°E, 4°S to 4°N) has been developed from sea surface heights (SSH) of five altimetry missions. Though the remove-restore technique was adopted, the deflections of the vertical were computed directly from the SSH without the influence of a global geopotential model. The north-component of vertical deflections was more accurate than the east-component by almost three times. Analysis of results showed each satellite can contribute almost equally in resolving the north-component. This is attributable to the nearly northern inclinations of the various satellites. However, Cryosat-2, Jason-1/GM, and SARAL/AltiKa contributed the most in resolving the east-component. We attribute this to the superior spatial resolution of Cryosat-2, the lower inclination of Jason-1/GM, and the high range accuracy of the Ka-band of SARAL/AltiKa. Weights of 0.687 and 0.313 were, respectively, assigned to the north and east components in order to minimize their non-uniform accuracy effect on the resultant gravity anomaly model. Histogram of computed gravity anomalies compared well with those from renowned models: DTU13, SIOv28, and EGM2008. It averagely deviates from the reference models by −0.33 mGal. Further assessment was done by comparing it with a quadratically adjusted shipborne free-air gravity anomalies. After some data cleaning, observations in shallow waters, as well as some ship tracks were still unreliable. By excluding the observations in shallow waters, the derived gravity field model compares well in ocean depths deeper than 2,000 m.

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