Being a fundamental vertical reference surface, the use of the geoid is not limited to geodesy/geodetic applications. It is also used, but not limited to, in geophysics (i.e. interpretation of the Earth’s internal structure, solid earth science), geology (i.e. subsurface delineation), oceanography, and mapping/geographic information systems (GIS)/national spatial development infrastructure (NSD...

In 2004, at the Gravity, Geoid and Space Missions (ggsm04) conference in Porto, Portugal, a joint meeting of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Working Groups on Inverse Problems and Global Optimization and Satellite Gravity Theory took place. It was then recognized that gravity modelling from satellite, airborne and terrestrial data, and today’s application of gravity models in rel...

Unification of the global vertical datum has been a key problem to be solved for geodesy over long period, and main challenge unifying system is determine geopotential value W0 geoid calculate offset between local W0. The can calculated using grid mean sea surface (GMSS) data model (GGM). In this study, GMSS was measured with adjustment methods 24 years merged multi-satellite altimetry data. Ha...

Oceanic transports of heat, salt, fresh water, dissolved CO2, and other tracers regulate global climate change and the distribution of natural marine resources. The time-mean ocean circulation transports fluid as a conveyor belt, but fluid parcels can also be trapped and transported discretely by migrating mesoscale eddies. By combining available satellite altimetry and Argo profiling float dat...

The paper provides a review of recent results on mesoscale ocean dynamics derived from satellite altimetry. Since 1992, we have had an unprecedented 15 year high-resolution monitoring of the ocean mesoscale field. Altimetry is often used in mesoscale studies in synergy with other remote sensing techniques and in-situ data. This global, high-resolution data set has allowed oceanographers to quan...

A methodology to estimate the discharge along rivers, even poorly gauged ones, taking advantage of water level measurements derived from satellite altimetry is proposed. The procedure is based on the application of the Rating Curve Model (RCM), a simple method allowing for the estimation of the flow conditions in a river section using only water levels recorded at that site and the discharges o...

The focus of this study is the assessment of the main range and geophysical corrections needed to derive accurate sea level time series from satellite altimetry in the Indonesia seas, the ultimate aim being the determination of sea level trend for this region. Due to its island nature, this is an area of large complexity for altimetric studies, a true laboratory for coastal altimetry. For this ...