1 Correction to: Journal of Geodesy (2020) 94:46 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-020-01371-x

The editors alerted the author to the editorial policy that ocean and sea areas should be named following agreed international standards. Here, the standards and specifications set by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO 1953) apply; therefore, the name of the study area (“Arabian Gulf” and “Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf)” in the original version) should be replaced with “Persian Gulf”.