Encyclopedia Of Geodesy

Author : Erik Grafarend
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319023705

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Encyclopedia of Geodesy by Erik Grafarend Pdf

The past few decades have witnessed the explosive growth of Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding the planet Earth. Such a development addresses the challenging endeavour to enrich human lives with bounding Nature as well as to preserve the Planet Earth, the Moon, the other planets, in total the Cosmos, for generations to come. Geodetic Sciences aspires to define and quantify the internal structure, the surface structure, the Oceans and the Atmosphere as well as the exterior - interior structure of the planets. Basic principles of Physics and Astronomy, namely the Static Gravity Field, the time-varying Gravity Field, in short Gravitodynamics, of the Earth and the other planets, the complex rotational motion for rigid bodies as well as deforming bodies of the Earth, The Moon, the Sun, and the planets and their moons and on top the time-varying Topography open a fascination Arena of Geodetic Sciences.

Author : D.E. James
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1299 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780442243661

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Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics by D.E. James Pdf

Consisting of more than 150 articles written by leading experts, this authoritative reference encompasses the entire field of solid-earth geophysics. It describes in detail the state of current knowledge, including advanced instrumentation and techniques, and focuses on important areas of exploration geophysics. It also offers clear and complete coverage of seismology, geodesy, gravimetry, magnetotellurics and related areas in the adjacent disciplines of physics, geology, oceanography and space science.

Author : Karen Kemp
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781412913133

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Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science by Karen Kemp Pdf

Geographic information science (GIScience) is an emerging field that combines aspects of many different disciplines. Spatial literacy is rapidly becoming recognized as a new, essential pier of basic education, alongside grammatical, logical and mathematical literacy. By incorporating location as an essential but often overlooked characteristic of what we seek to understand in the natural and built environment, geographic information science (GIScience) and systems (GISystems) provide the conceptual foundation and tools to explore this new frontier. The Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science covers the essence of this exciting, new, and expanding field in an easily understood but richly detailed style. In addition to contributions from some of the best recognized scholars in GIScience, this volume contains contributions from experts in GIS' supporting disciplines who explore how their disciplinary perspectives are expanded within the context of GIScienceâ€"what changes when consideration of location is added, what complexities in analytical procedures are added when we consider objects in 2, 3 or even 4 dimensions, what can we gain by visualizing our analytical results on a map or 3D display? Key Features Brings together GIScience literature that is spread widely across the academic spectrum Offers details about the key foundations of GIScience, no matter what their disciplinary origins Elucidates vocabulary that is an amalgam of all of these fields Key Themes Conceptual Foundations Cartography and Visualization Design Aspects Data Manipulation Data Modeling Geocomputation Geospatial Data Societal Issues Spatial Analysis Organizational and Institutional Aspects The Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science is an important resource for academic and corporate libraries.

Author : Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Geodesy
ISBN : MINN:319510005123127

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Glossary of Geodetic Terms: Russian-English by Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (U.S.) Pdf

Author : James Howard Gore,U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Geodesy
ISBN : UOM:39015021088466

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A Bibliography of Geodesy by James Howard Gore,U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Pdf

Author : McGraw-Hill
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 0071439544

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McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Earth Science by McGraw-Hill Pdf

Alphabetically arranged entries provide a comprehensive overview of the field of earth science, offering information on key figures, theories, discoveries, advances, terms, and concepts.

Author : Erik Grafarend
Publisher : Springer
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 331901868X

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Encyclopedia of Geodesy by Erik Grafarend Pdf

The past few decades have witnessed the explosive growth of Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding the planet Earth. Such a development addresses the challenging endeavour to enrich human lives with bounding Nature as well as to preserve the Planet Earth, the Moon, the other planets, in total the Cosmos, for generations to come. Geodetic Sciences aspires to define and quantify the internal structure, the surface structure, the Oceans and the Atmosphere as well as the exterior - interior structure of the planets. Basic principles of Physics and Astronomy, namely the Static Gravity Field, the time-varying Gravity Field, in short Gravitodynamics, of the Earth and the other planets, the complex rotational motion for rigid bodies as well as deforming bodies of the Earth, The Moon, the Sun, and the planets and their moons and on top the time-varying Topography open a fascination Arena of Geodetic Sciences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Earth sciences
ISBN : 0122267230

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Encyclopedia of Earth System Science by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Geodetic Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Geodesy
ISBN : MINN:20000004696932

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Geodetic Glossary by National Geodetic Survey (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Colonel A. R. Clarke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1440088659

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Geodesy by Colonel A. R. Clarke Pdf

Excerpt from Geodesy The Essay entitled 'Figure of the Earth' by Sir G. B. Airy, in the Encyclopedia Metropolitana, is the only adequate treatise on Geodetic Surveys which has been published in the English language, and though now scarce, it will ever remain valuable both on account of the historic research it contains, and the simple and lucid exposition of the mechanical theory there given. Since the date of its publication however have appeared many important volumes, - scientific, descriptive, official, - such as Bessel's Gradmessung in Ostpreussen; Colonel Everest's Account(1847) of his Great Arc; Struve's two splendid volumes descriptive of the trigonometrical chain connecting the Black Sea with the North Cape; the Account of the Triangulation of the British Isles; the Publications of the International Geodetic Association; recent volumes of the Memorial du Depôt Genéral de la Guerre; the Yearly Reports of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey; the current volumes by General Ibanez, descriptive of the Spanish Triangulation, so remarkable for precision; and last, though not least, the five volumes recently published by General Walker, containing the details of Indian Geodesy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James Howard Gore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:763024044

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A Bibliography of Geodesy... by James Howard Gore Pdf

Author : Harsh Gupta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1579 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048187010

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Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics by Harsh Gupta Pdf

The past few decades have witnessed the growth of the Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the planet that we live on. This development addresses the challenging endeavor to enrich human lives with the bounties of Nature as well as to preserve the planet for the generations to come. Solid Earth Geophysics aspires to define and quantify the internal structure and processes of the Earth in terms of the principles of physics and forms the intrinsic framework, which other allied disciplines utilize for more specific investigations. The first edition of the Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics was published in 1989 by Van Nostrand Reinhold publishing company. More than two decades later, this new volume, edited by Prof. Harsh K. Gupta, represents a thoroughly revised and expanded reference work. It brings together more than 200 articles covering established and new concepts of Geophysics across the various sub-disciplines such as Gravity, Geodesy, Geomagnetism, Seismology, Seismics, Deep Earth Processes, Plate Tectonics, Thermal Domains, Computational Methods, etc. in a systematic and consistent format and standard. It is an authoritative and current reference source with extraordinary width of scope. It draws its unique strength from the expert contributions of editors and authors across the globe. It is designed to serve as a valuable and cherished source of information for current and future generations of professionals.

Author : Willi Freeden,M. Zuhair Nashed
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319571812

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Handbook of Mathematical Geodesy by Willi Freeden,M. Zuhair Nashed Pdf

Written by leading experts, this book provides a clear and comprehensive survey of the “status quo” of the interrelating process and cross-fertilization of structures and methods in mathematical geodesy. Starting with a foundation of functional analysis, potential theory, constructive approximation, special function theory, and inverse problems, readers are subsequently introduced to today’s least squares approximation, spherical harmonics reflected spline and wavelet concepts, boundary value problems, Runge-Walsh framework, geodetic observables, geoidal modeling, ill-posed problems and regularizations, inverse gravimetry, and satellite gravity gradiometry. All chapters are self-contained and can be studied individually, making the book an ideal resource for both graduate students and active researchers who want to acquaint themselves with the mathematical aspects of modern geodesy.

Author : Jeffrey T. Freymueller,Laura Sánchez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031295072

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Geodesy for a Sustainable Earth by Jeffrey T. Freymueller,Laura Sánchez Pdf

This open access volume contains selected papers of the 2021 Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy – IAG2021. The Assembly was hosted by the Chinese Society for Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography (CSGPC) in Beijing, China from June 28 to July 2, 2021. It was a hybrid conference with in-person and online attendants. In total, the Assembly was attended by 146 in-person participants and 1,123 online participants. The theme of the Assembly was Geodesy for a Sustainable Earth. 613 contributions (255 oral presentations and 358 poster presentations) covered all topics of the broad spectrum considered by the IAG: geodetic reference frames, Earth gravity field modelling, Earth rotation and geodynamics, positioning and applications, the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS), geodesy for climate research, marine geodesy, and novel sensors and quantum technology for geodesy. All published papers were peer-reviewed, and we warmly recognize the contributions and support of the Associate Editors and Reviewers.

Author : Brian Cudnik
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1287 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319145419

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Encyclopedia of Lunar Science by Brian Cudnik Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Lunar Science includes the latest topical data, definitions, and explanations of the many and varied facets of lunar science. This is a very useful reference work for a broad audience, not limited to the professional lunar scientist: general astronomers, researchers, theoreticians, practitioners, graduate students, undergraduate students, and astrophysicists as well as geologists and engineers. The title includes all current areas of lunar science, with the topical entries being established tertiary literature. The work is technically suitable to most advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The articles include topics of varying technical levels so that the top scientists of the field find this work a benefit as well as the graduate students and the budding lunar scientists. A few examples of topical areas are as follows: Basaltic Volcanism, Lunar Chemistry, Time and Motion Coordinates, Cosmic Weathering through Meteoritic Impact, Environment, Geology, Geologic History, Impacts and Impact Processes, Lunar Surface Processes, Origin and Evolution Theories, Regolith, Stratigraphy, Tectonic Activity, Topography, Weathering through ionizing radiation from the solar wind, solar flares, and cosmic rays.