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The OCTAS Project, the geoid, the mean sea surface and and the mean dynamic topography

By Dag Solheim Norwegian Mapping Authority Co-authors A. Hunegnaw, O. Omang, A. Soltanpour (NMA), B. R. Pettersen, D. I. Lysaker (UMB), H. Drange, J. Johannessen, F. Siegismund (NERSC), H. Nahavandchi, K. Ghazavi (NTNU), A. Gidskehaug (UoB), H. P. Plag (UNR).

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The OCTAS Project, the geoid, the mean sea surface and and the mean dynamic topography

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  1. By Dag Solheim Norwegian Mapping Authority Co-authors A. Hunegnaw, O. Omang, A. Soltanpour (NMA), B. R. Pettersen, D. I. Lysaker (UMB), H. Drange, J. Johannessen, F. Siegismund (NERSC), H. Nahavandchi, K. Ghazavi (NTNU), A. Gidskehaug (UoB), H. P. Plag (UNR) The OCTAS Project, the geoid, the mean sea surface and and the mean dynamic topography

  2. OCTAS, Ocean Circulation and Transport between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Sea

  3. NMA, Norwegian Mapping Authority UMB, University of Life Sciences (NLH, Ås) NERSC, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology UoB, University of Bergen (UoO, University of Oslo) External partners: DNSC, Danish National Space Center OSU, Ohio State University UNR, University of Nevada Reno UEDIN, University of Edinburgh OCTAS partners

  4. OCTAS and related research projects

  5. Interdisciplinary project

  6. Educational part • 4 PhD students • OCTAS Study Course • Enhance the Norwegian capabilities in earth observation by using modern satellite techniques in an interdisciplinary way

  7. The OCTAS geoid • Collect and validate existing gravity data • Airborne Gravity Survey • Adjustment of marine gravity data • Computation of the geoid using the best available geopotential models

  8. Gravity coverage

  9. Marine Gravity Data • Many old sources • Errors due to navigation, pre GPS • Blunders • Data bias, insufficient tie to land gravity • Data structure, often given as points and NOT in a line/track-organized way • Mixture of data from several surveys

  10. Example, gravity blunder

  11. Adjustment of data • Need data organized as tracks • Each survey internally adjusted • Compute bias for each survey • However • Data often given as points and not as tracks • Some sources a mixture of data from several surveys • UEDIN, network adjustment

  12. Difference between adjusted and non-adjusted gravity data (mgal)

  13. OCTAS v4 geoid (m)

  14. Altimetry derived MSS

  15. Challenges • OCTAS primary study area, Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard • Limited number of satellites, ERS1/2, Envisat • Significant amount of sea ice • Limited number of retracked data available (outside the scope of OCTAS)

  16. OCTAS v3, MSS (m)

  17. OCTAS MDT, MSS-Geoid (m)

  18. OCCAM MDT (m)

  19. Optimal estimation of the geoid and the MDT • Least Square Collocation, LSC • Covariance function modeling • Iterative Combination Method, ICM • Developed by R. Hipkin and A. Hunegnaw at the University of Edinburgh

  20. OCTAS, LSC MDT

  21. OCTAS, ICM MDT, KMS04 & FOAM

  22. Bathymetry

  23. Post OCTAS Activity • MSS in the Fram Strait, retracking • Geoid computation • Gravity compiling, error screening • Marine survey in 2007 in cooperation with the Norwegian Coast Guard and University of Bergen • GOCE

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