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Validation of GOCE/GRACE Satellite Only and Combined Global Geopotential Models Over Greece in the Frame of the GOCESeaComb Project

Part of the International Association of Geodesy Symposia book series (IAG SYMPOSIA,volume 143)

Abstract

The GOCESeaComb project, funded by ESA in the frame of the PRODEX program, aims to utilize GOCE data within combination schemes in order to achieve high-quality and accuracy predictions related to Earth’s gravity field, sea level and dynamic ocean topography. In this work the results from the detailed validation of the latest GOCE, GOCE/GRACE and combined global geopotential models are presented referring to the fourth release of the models and the various strategies (TIM, DIR, GOCO, EIGEN-S/c) employed for their determination. The validation is performed following two approaches. The first one refers to the evaluation of the GGMs signal and error in the form of the provided degree and error variances. The second refers to an external evaluation of the GGMs against local gravity, GPS/Leveling data and deflections of the vertical. In this validation step we follow a spectral enhancement approach of GOCE GGMs, where EGM08 is used to fill-in the medium and high-frequency content along with RTM effects for the high and ultra high part. From the evaluation with GPS/Levelling benchmarks, it is concluded that the GOCE/GRACE GGMs provide improved accuracies compared to EGM2008 by about 2 cm in the spectral range between d/o 120–230. Finally, GOCE/GRACE GGMs manage to provide the same, as EGM2008, level of reduction to the local gravity anomalies, with a standard deviation at the 6.1–6.2 mGal level and marginally better residuals, at the sub-arcsec level in the reduction of deflections of the vertical.

Keywords

  • Deflections of the vertical
  • Global geopotential models
  • GOCE
  • GPS/Levelling BMs
  • Gravity
  • Validation

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The authors wish to acknowledge the funding provided for this work by the European Space Agency in the frame of the ESA-PRODEX GOCESeaComb project (C4000106380).

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  1. Department of Geodesy and Surveying, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 440, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    I. N. Tziavos, G. S. Vergos, V. N. Grigoriadis, E. A. Tzanou & D. A. Natsiopoulos

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Tziavos, I.N., Vergos, G.S., Grigoriadis, V.N., Tzanou, E.A., Natsiopoulos, D.A. (2015). Validation of GOCE/GRACE Satellite Only and Combined Global Geopotential Models Over Greece in the Frame of the GOCESeaComb Project. In: Rizos, C., Willis, P. (eds) IAG 150 Years. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 143. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2015_160

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