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The mean curvature of the external equipotential surface and the vertical gravity gradient as functions of stokes's constants

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The mean curvature of the equipotential surface and the vertical gradient of gravity are expressed in terms of a development into a series of spherical harmonics [1, 2, 4], neglecting terms of the order of 10−8. The curvature anomalies have been computed using the satellite data [3]. The symbols used are the same as in [5].

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Dedicated to 90th Birthday of Professor František Fiala

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Burša, M. The mean curvature of the external equipotential surface and the vertical gravity gradient as functions of stokes's constants. Stud Geophys Geod 17, 74–80 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01613676

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