Gravity computations at low altitudes

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Earth (Planet), Earth Gravitation, Geodesy, Geology, Gravity Anomalies, Lagrange Coordinates, Mathematical Models, Statistical Analysis

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In computing gravity anomalies at altitudes of hundreds of kilometers or greater it is customary to use a model of the Earth's potential in the form of an expansion in spherical function. At lesser altitudes a surface gravity survey under the particular point is also used. Gravity, however, must sometimes be determined at altitudes of tens of kilometers or less in the absence of a gravity survey in the region. The following procedure is used under these conditions: gravity is measured at the surface and it is reduced upward using the vertical gravity gradient delta (2) u/delta r (2) of the model field. The accuracy of this reduction decreases with altitude and its critical value must be computed. The measured g sub o value is reduced to the altitude H using the Lagrange formula. Proceeding along these lines, a formula is derived for the critical altitude h. The solution will be unstable because the derivatives are dependent on local peculiarities of the anomalous field. A statistically more valid solution can be obtained by replacing the real derivatives with their dispersions. The dispersion of the first derivative is denoted G (2) (H) and the dispersion of the second derivative is designated E(2)(H). Then a more effective formula is obtained for h.

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