Publication detail

W0 Estimates in the Frame of the GGOS Working Group on Vertical Datum Standardisation

VATRT, V.

Original Title

W0 Estimates in the Frame of the GGOS Working Group on Vertical Datum Standardisation

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

During the 2011 IUGG General Assembly, GGOS, the IAG Commissions 1 (Reference Frames) and 2 (Gravity Field) and the IGFS established a joint working group devoted to the Vertical Datum Standardisation. This working group supports the activities of GGOS Theme 1 Unified Height System; in particular, to recommend a reliable geopotential value W0 to be introduced as the conventional reference level for the realisation of the GGOS Vertical Reference System. At present, the most commonly accepted W0 value corresponds to the best estimate available in 2004; however, this value presents discrepancies of about 2 m2 s−2 with respect to recent computations based on the latest Earth’s surface and gravity field models. According to this, as a first approach, four different teams working on the computation of a global W 0 value were brought together in order to compare methodologies and models, and to establish the reliability of the individual computations. Results of this comparison show that the four individual estimates present a maximum discrepancy of about 0.5 m2 s−2. They also confirm that the W 0 value declared as the best estimate in 2004 corresponds to an equipotential surface located about 17 cm beneath the sea surface scanned by satellite altimetry, while the potential value U0 of the GRS80 ellipsoid realises an equipotential surface located about 67 cm lower. In this context, the need to provide a new better estimate of W0 is evident.

Keywords

Vertical datum, unification height system, W0

Authors

VATRT, V.

RIV year

2014

Released

20. 12. 2014

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Location

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

ISBN

978-3-319-10836-0

Book

Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems

Edition

1

Edition number

1

ISBN

0939-9585

Periodical

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Year of study

141

Number

141

State

unknown

Pages from

203

Pages to

210

Pages count

8

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT121192,
  author="Viliam {Vatrt}",
  title="W0 Estimates in the Frame of the GGOS Working Group on Vertical Datum Standardisation",
  booktitle="Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems",
  year="2014",
  series="1",
  journal="International Association of Geodesy Symposia",
  volume="141",
  number="141",
  pages="203--210",
  publisher="Springer International Publishing",
  address="Springer International Publishing Switzerland
",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-319-10837-7\{_}26",
  isbn="978-3-319-10836-0",
  issn="0939-9585"
}