A high-resolution gravimetric geoid model for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Issue 386 (3rd September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zaki, Ahmed; Mogren, Saad
• Is Part Of: Survey review. Volume 54:Issue 386(2022)
• Page Start: 375
• Page End: 390
• Publication Date: 2022-09-03
• Subjects: Gravity -- Geoid -- Stokes FFT -- GPS/levelling -- Saudi Arabia; Surveying -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Surveys -- Periodicals; 526.9
• DOI: 10.1080/00396265.2021.1944544
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0039-6265

Abstract

Abstract : A high-resolution gravimetric geoid model for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia area was determined. A data set of 459, 848 land gravity, 80, 632 shipborne marine gravity data, DTU17 altimetry gravity model, and XGM2019e global geopotential model. The computation strategy followed for modelling of the gravimetric geoid is based on the Remove-Compute-Restore with Residual Terrain Model reduction and the 1D- Fast Fourier Transform approach technique. The geoid heights have been determined by using the Stokes integral with Wong–Gore modification. The accuracy of the resulting geoid models was evaluated by comparing them with 5385 GPS/levelling points. The geoid accuracy over all the kingdom is better than 11 cm in STD sense and the comparison in sub-areas obtained accuracy range from 2.8 to 11.9 cm according to the density of gravity observations.