000			02193 a2200229 4500
020			_a9783540568186
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a526.1 _bSa82
245			_aSatellite altimetry in geodesy and oceanography _cedited by Reiner Rummel and Fernando Sanso
260			_bSpringer-Verlag _c1993 _aBerlin
300			_axii, 479p
440			_aLecture notes in earth sciences
490			_a/ edited by S. Bhattacharji
520			_aThe book content corresponds to a course of the International Summer School of Theoretical Geodesy held every 4 years under the sponsorship of the International Association of Geodesy. This particular course, that was given at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, has been dedicated to the theory of satellite altimetry as a response to the increasing need of scientific work in this field due to important recent and forthcoming space mission. The course was conceived to supply a good theoretical basis in both disciplines, i.e. geodesy and oceanography, which are deeply involved in the analysis and in the use of the altimetric signal. The main items of interest are the physical theory of ocean circulation, the theory of tides and the ocean time-variability, from the point of view of oceanography and the orbit theory, with particular regard to the formation of the radial orbital error, the so-called cross over adjustment, the analysis of geodetic boundary value problems, the integrated determination of the gravity field and of the radial orbital error, from the point of view of geodesy. All these arguments are treated from the foundation by very-well experts of the various fields, to introduce the reader into the more difficult subjects on which advanced research is currently performed. The peculiarity of the book is in its interdisciplinarity as it can serve to both communities of oceanographers and geodesists to get acquainted with advanced aspects one of the other.
650			_aSatellite geodesy -- Technique
650			_aAltitudes -- Measurement --Remote sensing
650			_aOceanography
700			_aRummel, Reiner [ed.]
700			_aSanso, Fernando [ed.]
942			_cBK
999			_c560812 _d560812