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Development and technical paper
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03 Dec 2018
Development and technical paper |
| 03 Dec 2018
| 03 Dec 2018
A multilayer approach and its application to model a local gravimetric quasi-geoid model over the North Sea: QGNSea V1.0
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth's Dynamics, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Zhicai Luo
MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurement, School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Chuang Xu
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State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth's Dynamics, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, China
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Short summary
A multilayer approach is parameterized for model development, and the multiple layers are located at different depths beneath the Earth’s surface. This method may be beneficial for gravity/manget field modeling, which may outperform the traditional single-layer approach.
A multilayer approach is parameterized for model development, and the multiple layers are...
