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A conventional transformation between different realizations of a vertical reference system is an important tool for geodetic studies on precise vertical positioning and physical height determination. Its main role is the evaluation of the consistency for co-located vertical reference frames (VRFs) on the basis of some fundamental ‘datum perturbation’ parameters. Our scope herein is to discuss a number of key issues related to the formulation of such a VRF transformation model and to present a few examples from its practical implementation in the comparison of various existing vertical frames over Europe.
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Urs Marti from the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (SwissTopo) is acknowledged for providing the Swiss height data from the EUVN-DA project.
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Kotsakis, C. (2013). The Role of a Conventional Transformation Scheme for Vertical Reference Frames. In: Altamimi, Z., Collilieux, X. (eds) Reference Frames for Applications in Geosciences. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 138. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32998-2_31
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