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Geoid determination in Turkey (TG-91)

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It is considered that precise geoid determination is one of the main current geodetic problems in Turkey since GPS defined coordinates require geoidal heights in practice. In order to determine the geoid by least squares collocation (LSC) the area covering Turkey was divided into 114 blocks of size 1° × 1°. LSC approximation to the geoid based upon the tailored geopotential model GPM2-T1 is constructed within each block. The model GPM2-T1 complete to degree and order 200 has been developed by tailoring of the model GPM2 to mean free-air anomalies and mean heights of one degree blocks in Turkey. Terrain effect reduced point gravity data spaced 5′ × 5′ within each block which the sides extended 0°.5 were used in LSC. Residual terrain model (RTM) depends on point heights at 15″×20″ griding and 5′×5′ and 15′×15′ mean heights has been carried out in terrain effect reduction. Indirect effect of RTM on geoid is also taken into account. The geoid, called Turkish Geoid 1991 (TG-91), referenced to GRS-80 ellipsoid has been computed at 3′ × 3′ griding nodes within each block. The quality of the TG-91 is also evaluated by comparing computed and GPS derived geoidal height differences, and 2.1 – 2.6 ppm accuracy for average baseline lenght of 45 km is obtained.

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Ayhan, M.E. Geoid determination in Turkey (TG-91). Bulletin Geodesique 67, 10–22 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00807293

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