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The use of gravity data to determine orthometric heights at the Hong Kong territories / Albertini Nsiah Ababio in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 16 n° 4 (October 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of applied geodesy > vol 16 n° 4 (October 2022) . - pp 401 - 416 Titre : The use of gravity data to determine orthometric heights at the Hong Kong territories Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Albertini Nsiah Ababio, Auteur ; Robert Tenzer, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 401 - 416 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] altitude orthométrique [Termes IGN] correction orthométrique [Termes IGN] Hong-Kong [Termes IGN] interpolation [Termes IGN] levé gravimétrique [Termes IGN] montagne [Termes IGN] système de référence local [Vedettes matières IGN] Altimétrie Résumé : (auteur) The Hong Kong Principal Datum (HKPD) is the currently adopted official geodetic vertical datum at the Hong Kong territories. The HKPD is practically realized by heights of levelling benchmarks. The HKPD heights are, however, neither normal nor orthometric. The reason is that heights of levelling benchmarks were determined from precise levelling measurements, but without involving gravity observations along levelling lines. To reduce systematic errors due to disregarding the gravity information along levelling lines, we used terrestrial and marine gravity data to interpolate gravity values at levelling benchmarks in order to compute and apply the orthometric correction to measured levelling height differences. Our results demonstrate the importance of incorporating the gravity information even for a relatively small region but characterized by a rough topography with heights of levelling benchmarks exceeding several hundreds of meters. According to our estimates, the orthometric correction reaches (and even slightly exceeds) ±2 cm, with maxima along levelling lines crossing mountain chains. Numéro de notice : A2022-742 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1515/jag-2022-0012 Date de publication en ligne : 04/08/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1515/jag-2022-0012 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101724 [article]