The development of the joint NASA GSFC and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Geopotential Model EGM96
By: F.G. Lemoine ... [et al.]. ; NASA, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, The Ohio State University
Series: NASA/TP -- 1998-206861; NASA technical paper -- 206861
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center; Available from NASA Center for AeroSpace Information; National Technical Information Service [distributor
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Greenbelt, Md; Hanover, MD; Springfield, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
Subjects: Gravity; Measurement; Gravitational potential; Mathematical models; Spherical harmonics
Other titles: Geopotential Model EGM96
Notes: Shipping list no.: 98-0369-M.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The development of the Global Topographic Data Base JGP95E; title: The surface gravity data; title: The altimeter-derived gravity anomalies; title: Model evaluation techniques and data; title: Estimation of the geopotential model implied by the satellite tracking data; title: The comprehensive low-degree combination geopotential model; title: The estimation of the high degree geopotential models; title: The preliminary geopotential models and their evaluation by the SWG; title: The selection of the EGM96 geopotential model; title: The EGM96 geoid undulation with respect to the WGS84 ellipsoid.