After successful completion of the course, students are able to interpret

the functionals of the Earth gravity field (deflections of the vertical, geoid undulation, gravity anomaly),

to set up local and regionals gravity field studies and to understand the physical background of our height systems.

Reference Systems,Equilibrium Figures, Tides,

Geopotential Models,Recent Satellite 'Gravity Missions', Earth  Reference Model

The learning contents to be discussed in the course are provided in the associated lecture notes.

The lecture starts at 9.15 Uhr.

The lecture will be assessed by a final oral exam.

Major topics to be reviewed are the Physical Reference Figure of the Earth,

Theory of Bruns and Stokes, Tides, regional Graivity Field Modelling, Therory of Molodenskij (Basics) and

Modern Gravity Field satellite Missions.

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Robert Weber

Lecture notes for this course are available. Office Robert Weber, Freihaus; Price: 12.0

Recommended References:

H.Moritz.: The Figure of the Earth; Verlag Wichmann

W.A.Heiskanen,H.Moritz: Physical Geodesy, Reprint TU-Graz

G. Seeber : Satellite Geodesy; Walter de Gruyter Verlag

To join this lecture successfully basic knowledge

in mathamatics and physics (Bachelor level) as well as

 attendance in ''Höhere Geodäsie'' are pre-requisite.

Content of lecture 'Introduction to Potential Fields' is also recommended.