Assessment of latest global gravity field models by GNSS/Levelling Geoid


YILMAZ N.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCES, vol.8, no.2, pp.111-118, 2023 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.26833/ijeg.1070042
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.111-118
  • Keywords: GGMs, GNSS, Levelling, Geoid, Statistical values, GRACE
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This paper focuses on making a comparing of GNSS/Levelling data and data obtained from global geopotential models. For comparison, geoid undulations obtained by GNSS/Levelling method and geoid undulations obtained from global geopotential models have been used. As global geopotential models, SGG-UGM-2, XGM2019e_2159, GO_CONS_GCF_2_TIM_R6e, ITSG-Grace2018s, EIGEN-GRGS.RL04.MEAN-FIELD, GOCO06s, GO_CONS_GCF_2_TIM_R6, GO_CONS_GCF_2_DIR_R6 GGMs are used. The data sets used in the improvements of the models are altimetry, satellite, location data and topography. The disparities between the geoid undulations obtained from the GNSS/Levelling method and geoid undulations obtained from global geoid models have been taken. Some statistical criteria for these differences have been calculated. These criteria, such as smallest, biggest, average, standard deviation, Root Mean Square RMS statistical values of deviations between GNSS/Levelling geoid and global geopotential models, are taken into consideration when comparing the models. According to the comparison, the global gravity field model that best fits the GNSS/Levelling is selected.