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Understanding Geoid and Ellipsoid Concepts

The document explains the concept of the geoid, which is an irregular-shaped surface used for calculating depths beneath the Earth's surface, contrasting it with the ellipsoid model. It details the relationship between ellipsoid height, orthometric height, and geoid height, emphasizing the complexities of Earth's shape. Additionally, it discusses how geoid undulations reflect density variations within the Earth, highlighting the differences in gravity measurements used in geophysics and geodesy.

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Understanding Geoid and Ellipsoid Concepts

The document explains the concept of the geoid, which is an irregular-shaped surface used for calculating depths beneath the Earth's surface, contrasting it with the ellipsoid model. It details the relationship between ellipsoid height, orthometric height, and geoid height, emphasizing the complexities of Earth's shape. Additionally, it discusses how geoid undulations reflect density variations within the Earth, highlighting the differences in gravity measurements used in geophysics and geodesy.

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Faculty: Geological

Exploration
Specialization: Geological
and Geophysical
engineering
Group: 126.21E
Teacher: İsgenderov Elxan
Student: Nuriyeva Tohfa
Geoid

Equation of the
geoid
h=H+N
h=H+N
h - ellipsoid height

H - orthometric height

N - geoid height

geoid + ellipsoid = Earth


How is geoid calculated?

This tutorial explains the concepts of, and


relationships among, the ellipsoid, geoid, gravity,
geodesy, and geophysics. We attempt to clarify the
way to best compute gravity corrections given GPS
positioning. In short, h, the ellipsoid height relative
to the ellipsoid, is the sum of H, the elevation
relative to the geoid, and N, the geoid height
(undulation) relative
h = to
H the
+ N ellipsoid.
What is geoid?
A geoid is the irregular-shaped “ball” that scientists use to more
accurately calculate depths of earthquakes, or any other deep
object beneath the earth’s surface. If Earth were a perfect
sphere, calculations of depth and distances would be easy
because we know the equations for those calculations on a
sphere. However, the Earth more closely approximates an
ellipsoid, which is what a ball looks like if you sit on it. Ellipsoid
calculations aren’t as easy as spherical calculations, but they’re
still well-known and do-able. Be that as it may, we all know that
the earth is not really an ellipsoid because there are oceans, and
mountains, and valleys, and many other features that are not
part of an ellipsoid.
Geoid is an imaginary sea level surface that undulates (has
a wavy surface) over all of the earth;

You can’t see the geoid. The ocean surfaces are close,
but ocean currents and weather disturb the ocean
surface from what it would be … and you definitely can’t
“see” it under the land.
[Link]

2. Ellipsoid
3. Local plumb
line
4.
Continent
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What is difference between
and ellipsoid and geoid?
ELLIPSOID And geoid
The geoid undulations,
gravity anomalies, and
gravity gradient
changes all reflect, but
are different measures
of, the density
variations of the Earth.
The difference between
the geophysical use of
gravity and the
geodetic use of gravity
mirrors the difference
between the ellipsoid
Summary
The geoid with its undulations is
defined by the mean sea-level. The
dotted line represents the Earth
reference ellipsoid.

Up till now we have regarded the


Earth as a perfect sphere, but it is not.
It is not only flattened on the poles,
but its surface is also irregular, and
that is why we call it a geoid.
USED SOURCES
ttps://[Link]/wiki/Geoid

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Microsoft PowerPoint - Roman_B_PLSC2007


.ppt ([Link])

MGS_ESEG_2011_1.pdf

[Link]
articles/matecconf/pdf/2018/21/
matecconf_bcee32018_03028.pdf

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