Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmgp52a..01k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #GP52A-01
Statistics
Computation
1214 Geopotential Theory And Determination (0903), 1244 Standards And Absolute Measurements, 1299 General Or Miscellaneous (1709)
Scientific paper
Ever since the use of high-precision gravimeters emerged in the 1950's, gravity surveys have been an important tool for geologic studies. Recent developments that make geologically useful measurements from airborne and satellite platforms, the ready availability of the Global Positioning System that provides precise vertical and horizontal control, improved global data bases, and the increased availability of processing and modeling software have accelerated the use of the gravity method. As a result, efforts are being made to improve the gravity databases publicly available to the geoscience community by expanding their holdings and increasing the accuracy and precision of the data in them. Specifically the North American Gravity Database as well as the individual databases of Canada, Mexico, and the United States are being revised using new formats and standards to improve their coverage, standardization, and accuracy. An important part of this effort is revision of procedures and standards for calculating gravity anomalies taking into account the enhanced computational power available, modern satellite-based positioning technology, improved terrain databases, and increased interest in more accurately defining the different components of gravity anomalies. The most striking revision is the use of one single internationally accepted reference ellipsoid for the horizontal and vertical datums of gravity stations as well as for the computation of the calculated value of theoretical gravity. The new standards hardly impact the interpretation of local anomalies, but do improve regional anomalies in that long wavelength artifacts are removed. Most importantly, such new standards can be consistently applied to gravity database compilations of nations, continents, and even the entire world. Although many types of gravity anomalies have been described, they fall into three main classes. The primary class incorporates planetary effects, which are analytically prescribed, to derive the predicted or modeled gravity, and thus, anomalies of this class are termed planetary. The most primitive version of a gravity anomaly is simply the difference between the value of gravity predicted by the effect of the reference ellipsoid and the observed gravity anomaly. When the height of the gravity station increases, the ellipsoidal gravity anomaly decreases because of the increased distance of measurement from the anomaly- producing masses. The two primary anomalies in geophysics, which are appropriately classified as planetary anomalies, are the Free-air and Bouguer gravity anomalies. They employ models that account for planetary effects on gravity including the topography of the earth. A second class of anomaly, geological anomalies, includes the modeled gravity effect of known or assumed masses leading to the predicted gravity by using geological data such as densities and crustal thickness. The third class of anomaly, filtered anomalies, removes arbitrary gravity effects of largely unknown sources that are empirically or analytically determined from the nature of the gravity anomalies by filtering.
Hildenbrand (Deceased) T. G.
Hinze William J.
Keller George Randy
Li Xiaoliang
Ravat Dhananjay
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