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This textbook introduces physical geodesy. It treats the boundary-value theories of the discipline comprehensively, and provides insights to the theory of gravity reduction based on a spherical Earth model.
This book is for students who wish to thoroughly understand the material and to expand their knowledge and skills in mathematics for more advanced study and research in this discipline. The details of mathematical derivations included are a useful asset for instructors and researchers.
Contents
Chapter 1. Earth's Gravity Field and Some of its Properties.- Chapter 2. Elementary Potential Theory.- Chapter 3. Spherical Harmonics.- Chapter 4. Normal Gravity Field and Reference Earth Ellipsoid.- Chapter 5. Stokes' Theory and Beyond.- Chapter 6. Gravity Reduction.- Chapter 7. Molodensky's Theory and Beyond.- Chapter 8. Fundamentals of Computation and Determination.- Chapter 9. Flattening and Gravity Inside the Earth.