Geodetic Features of the Ocean Surface and their Implications / Edition 1

by G. Seeber, J.R. Apel

Overview

This volume contains most of the papers which were presented at the Interdisciplinary Symposium No. 4 "Geodetic Features of the Ocean Surface and their Implications" during the XVIII. General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) in Hamburg, August 1983. The symposium was jointly sponsored by the International Associ­ ation of Geodesy (lAG) and the International Association for the Physi­ cal Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO), and was as such one further step in animpQrtant line of international and interdisciplinary symposia, re­ lated to the field of Marine Geodesy. Originally the term "Marine Geodesy" was widely understood as "Geodesy in the Marine Environment" and dealt primarily with two as­ pects: precise position determination at sea and determination of a fine structured marine geoid. However, mainly with the impact of satel­ lite radar altimeter measurements, a new understanding began to develop: it became evident that the field of Marine Geodesy could not be treated adequately from geodesists alone but that it needed close cooperation with related disciplines such as oceanography and marine geophysics. Symposium No. 4 at Hamburg could demonstrate that this cooperation has already become a lively reality. The "geodetic features of the ocean surface" don't only reflect oceanographical but also marine geo­ physical aspects. As such scientists from geodesy, oceanography, marine geology and geophysics came together to present their ideas and to dis­ cuss questions of mutual interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789027718402
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/30/1984
Edition description:	1984
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

A Review of Major Scientific Results from U.S. Satellite Altimetry and Projections for the Future.- Applications of Satellite Altimetry to Oceanography and Geophysics.- Adjustment and Filtering of Seasat Altimetry with the Least Squares Response Technique.- Global Ocean Circulation Patterns Based on SEASAT Altimeter Data and the GEML2 Gravity Field.- Field Tests of SEASAT Bathymetric Detections (Extended Abstract).- Ocean Bottom Friction Study from Numerical Modelling of Sea Surface Height and SEASAT-Alt Data (Extended Abstract).- Interactions between Oceanic and Gravity Tides, as Analysed from World-Wide Earth Tide Observations and Ocean Models.- 6? × 10? Free Air Gravity Anomalies of Europe Including Marine Areas.- Geoid and Gravity Anomalies in the North Sea Area Derived from SAESAT Altimeter Data (Extended Abstract).- Accuracy Estimation of Loading Correction in Gravity Observation.- Identification of Mantle and Lithospheric Components of the Gravity Field by Isostatic Gravity Anomalies.- High Resolution Gravi-metric Geoid Heights and Gravimetrie Vertical Deflections of Europe Including Marine Areas.- Relationship between the Oceanic Geoid and the Structure of the Oceanic Lithosphere.- Geophysical Interpretation of Features in the Marine Geoid of Fennoscandia.- Geoidal Topography: Origin and Time Consistency.- Free-Air Anomalies in the Western Pacific from the Viewpoint of Wave Number Spectrum.- Combined Hydrodynamical and Empirical Modeling of Ocean Tides.- A Global Ocean Tide Model with High Resolution in Shelf Areas.- Semidiurnal Amphidrome of the North East Pacific: Where?.- A Two-Dimensional Numerical Model for Tidal Motion in the Taiwan Strait.- Absolute Sea Level Determination for the Subtropical Atlantic Climate Study.- Water Level Changes along theNorwegian Coast.- A Study of Long-Period Sea Level Changes in the China Sea Areas.- Sea Level Change and Beach Process — A Case Study in South Zhejiang Beach.- Corrections for the Depth Measurements in the Area of Taiwan (Extended Abstract).