The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip

Johor is characterized as one of the states that urbanized and also has flat terrain in this country's regions. So the existence of the high-resolution geoid model is considered very important with widespread of the GPS technology in the country. In this study, a new gravimetric geoid model is...

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Main Author: Khalip, Nurlaili
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Published: 2019
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spelling my-uitm-ir.232202022-11-22T06:52:33Z The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip 2019 Khalip, Nurlaili Global Positioning System Geomorphology. Landforms. Terrain Johor is characterized as one of the states that urbanized and also has flat terrain in this country's regions. So the existence of the high-resolution geoid model is considered very important with widespread of the GPS technology in the country. In this study, a new gravimetric geoid model is computed for Johor region, by applying the method that was developed by Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm-Sweden. The method utilizes the least-squares modification (LSM) of Stokes formula. The modified Stokes formula combines the regional terrestrial gravity data together with the long-wavelength gravity information from a global gravitational model (GGM). The Digital Elevation Model (DEM), SRTM generated by NASA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) also used to compute topography effects on the geoid. Four additive corrections are computed over the entire target area and applied to the approximate geoid heights obtaining the final geoid solution. The gravimetric geoid is validated by using GPS-levelling information at 62 points distributed over the whole Johor. The results will show that the standard deviation (STD) of the differences between the gravimetric and geometric geoid heights at 62 GPS-levelling points. Smaller standard deviation means the geoid is a good model for Johor region. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23220/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23220/2/23220.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying Pa'suya, Muhammad Faiz
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Pa'suya, Muhammad Faiz
topic Global Positioning System
Global Positioning System
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Global Positioning System
Khalip, Nurlaili
The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip
description Johor is characterized as one of the states that urbanized and also has flat terrain in this country's regions. So the existence of the high-resolution geoid model is considered very important with widespread of the GPS technology in the country. In this study, a new gravimetric geoid model is computed for Johor region, by applying the method that was developed by Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm-Sweden. The method utilizes the least-squares modification (LSM) of Stokes formula. The modified Stokes formula combines the regional terrestrial gravity data together with the long-wavelength gravity information from a global gravitational model (GGM). The Digital Elevation Model (DEM), SRTM generated by NASA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) also used to compute topography effects on the geoid. Four additive corrections are computed over the entire target area and applied to the approximate geoid heights obtaining the final geoid solution. The gravimetric geoid is validated by using GPS-levelling information at 62 points distributed over the whole Johor. The results will show that the standard deviation (STD) of the differences between the gravimetric and geometric geoid heights at 62 GPS-levelling points. Smaller standard deviation means the geoid is a good model for Johor region.
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author Khalip, Nurlaili
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title The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip
title_short The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip
title_full The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip
title_fullStr The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip
title_full_unstemmed The effect of GGM local geoid determination by using [KTH] method / Nurlaili Khalip
title_sort effect of ggm local geoid determination by using [kth] method / nurlaili khalip
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis
granting_department Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
publishDate 2019
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23220/2/23220.pdf
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