Course: Physical Geodesy 2

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Course title Physical Geodesy 2
Course code KGM/FGE2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šprlák Michal, Doc. Ing. PhD.
Course content
1. Exterior spherical horizontal boundary value problem. 2. Exterior spherical gradiometric boundary value problem. 3. Gravitational tensor of the third order - differential operators and basic properties. 4. Exterior spherical gravitational curvature boundary value problem. 5. Complete Meissl diagram of spherical integral transformations. 6. Effect of the distant zones for integral transformations. 7. Formulation of practical integral estimators. 8. Error propagation in practical integral estimates - analytical formulas. 9. Direct modelling of the gravitational potential and its first-, second-, and third-order derivatives in the spatial domain. 10. Spherical harmonic expansions of the gravitational potential and its first-, second-, and third-order derivatives. 11. Analytical continuation of spherical harmonic series. 12. Spectral combination of gravitational field quantities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain fundamentals of land surveying
to explain fundamentals of the adjustment calculus
to explain fundamentals of algebra
to explain fundamentals of the mathematical analysis
to explain fundamental of the tensor calculus
to explain fundamentals of the potential theory
Skills
programming
to make a plot or a map
to interpret results and their uncertainties
symbolic derivations of equations and algebraic manipulations
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to resolve quantities of the gravitational field and to understand their properties
to resolve types of exterior boundary value problems of the potential theory
to resolve types of integral transformations for gravitational field modelling
Skills
to formulate and solve exterior boundary value problems of the potential theory
to practically compute parameters of the gravitational field
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Self-study of literature
Practicum
Task-based study method
Skills
Self-study of literature
Practicum
Task-based study method
Competences
Lecture
Self-study of literature
Practicum
Task-based study method
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Written exam
Test
Combined exam
Skills
Oral exam
Written exam
Combined exam
Test
Competences
Oral exam
Written exam
Combined exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • Arfken,G. Mathematical Metods for Physicists. Oxford, 1970.
  • Burša, M. - Kostelecký, J. Kosmická geodézie a kosmická dynamika. MO AČR, 1994.
  • Burša, Milan; Pěč, Karel. Tíhové pole a dynamika Země. 1. vyd. Praha : Academia, 1988.
  • Hamáčková, Eliška; Šprlák, Michal; Pitoňák, Martin; Novák, Pavel. Non-singular expressions for the spherical harmonic synthesis of gravitational curvatures in a local north-oriented reference frame. Computers and Geosciences ISSN 0098-3004 Vol. 88. 2016.
  • Hofmann-Wellenhof, Bernhard; Moritz, Helmut. Physical geodesy. 1st ed. Wien : SpringerWienNewYork, 2005. ISBN 3-211-23584-1.
  • Jekeli, Christopher. Spectral methods in geodesy and geophysics. 2017. ISBN 978-1-4822-4525-7.
  • Novák, Pavel; Pitoňák, Martin; Šprlák, Michal; Tenzer, Robert. Higher-order gravitational potential gradients for geoscientific applications. Earth-Science Reviews ISSN 0012-8252 Vol. 198 (201. 2019.
  • Novák, Pavel; Šprlák, Michal; Tenzer, Robert; Pitoňák, Martin. Integral formulas for transformation of potential field parameters in geosciences. Earth-Science Reviews ISSN 0012-8252 Vol. 164 (201. 2017.
  • Šprlák, Michal; Hamáčková, Eliška; Novák, Pavel. Alternative validation method of satellite gradiometric data by integral transform of satellite altimetry data. Journal of Geodesy ISSN 0949-7714 Vol. 89, no. 8 (. 2015.
  • Šprlák, Michal; Novák, Pavel. Integral formulas for computing a third-order gravitational tensor from volumetric mass density, disturbing gravitational potential, gravity anomaly and gravity disturbance. Journal of Geodesy ISSN 0949-7714 Vol. 89, no. 2 (. 2015.
  • Šprlák, Michal; Novák, Pavel,; Pitoňák, Martin. Spherical harmonic analysis of gravitational curvatures and its implications for future satellite missions. Surveys in Geophysics ISSN 0169-3298 Vol. 37, no. 2016.
  • Šprlák, Michal; Novák, Pavel. Spherical gravitational curvature boundary-value problem. Journal of Geodesy ISSN 0949-7714 Vol. 90, no. 8 (. 2016.


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