geoid-toolkit

Python tools for obtaining and working with static gravity field coefficients and calculating geoid heights

• GFZ International Centre for Global Earth Models (ICGEM)

Dependencies

• cartopy: Python package designed for geospatial data processing
• gdal: Pythonic interface to the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
• h5py: Python interface for Hierarchal Data Format 5 (HDF5)
• lxml: processing XML and HTML in Python
• matplotlib: Python 2D plotting library
• netCDF4: Python interface to the netCDF C library
• numpy: Scientific Computing Tools For Python
• pyproj: Python interface to PROJ library
• python-dateutil: powerful extensions to datetime

References

Drewes, Kuglitsch, Adám and Rózsa "The Geodesist's Handbook 2016", Journal of Geodesy, 90, 907-1205 (2016). doi:10.1007/s00190-016-0948-z

Hofmann-Wellenhof and Moritz, "Physical Geodesy" (2005). doi:10.1007/978-3-211-33545-1

Holmes and Featherstone, "A Unified Approach to the Clenshaw Summation and the Recursive Computation of Very High Degree and Order Normalised Associated Legendre Functions", Journal of Geodesy (2002). doi:10.1007/s00190-002-0216-2

Ince, Barthelmes, Reißland, Elger, Förste, Flechtner, and Schuh, "ICGEM -- 15 years of successful collection and distribution of global gravitational models, associated services, and future plans" Earth System Science Data, 11, 647--674 (2019). doi:10.5194/essd-11-647-2019

Jekeli, "Alternative Methods to Smooth the Earth's Gravity Field", (1981).

Moazezi and Zomorrodian, "GGMCalc a software for calculation of the geoid undulation and the height anomaly using the iteration method, and classical gravity anomaly", Earth Science Informatics (2012). doi:10.1007/s12145-012-0102-2

Tscherning and Poder, "Some Geodetic Applications of Clenshaw Summation", Bollettino di Geodesia e Scienze, (1982)

Wahr, Molenaar and Frank, "Time variability of the Earth's gravity field: Hydrological and oceanic effects and their possible detection using GRACE", Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 103(B12), 30205-30229, doi:10.1029/98JB02844

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