Uncertainty propagation through integral inversion of satellite gradient data in regional gravity field recovery

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00190-024-01929-z" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00190-024-01929-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-024-01929-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00190-024-01929-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Uncertainty propagation through integral inversion of satellite gradient data in regional gravity field recovery

Original language description

The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission, launched by the European Space Agency, provided high-quality gravitational gradient data with near-global coverage, excluding polar regions. This data has been instrumental in regional gravity field modelling through various methods. One approach involves a mathematical model based on Fredholm’s integral equation of the first kind, which relates surface gravity anomalies to satellite gradient data. Solving this equation requires discretising a surface integral and applying further regularisation techniques to stabilise the numerical solution of a resulting system of linear equations. This study examines four methods for modifying the system of linear equations derived by discretising the Fredholm integral equation. The methods include direct inversion, remove-compute-restore, truncation reduction of the integral formula, and inversion of a modified integral for estimating surface gravity anomalies from satellite gradient data over a test area in Central Europe. Since the system of linear equations is ill-conditioned, the Tikhonov regularisation is applied to stabilise its numerical solution. To assess the precision and reliability of the estimated gravity anomalies, the study introduces mathematical models for estimation of biased and de-biased noise variance-covariance matrices of estimated surface gravity anomalies. The results indicate that the signal-to-noise ratio of reduced satellite gradient data in the remove-compute-restore method is smaller compared to other methods in the study, necessitating stronger stabilisation of the model to recover surface gravity anomalies. This, in turn, leads to a more optimistic uncertainty propagation than the other considered methods.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA23-07031S" target="_blank" >GA23-07031S: Ellipsoidal modelling of planetary gravitational fields</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Geodesy

ISSN

0949-7714

e-ISSN

1432-1394

Volume of the periodical

99

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

nestránkováno

UT code for WoS article

001423654700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85219709905