Evaluation of the high-degree global gravity field models in the territory of Kazakhstan
Kosarev N. Goldobin D. Sermiagin R. Kemerbayev N. Sholomitskii A.
1 February 2025Murat Yakar
International Journal of Engineering and Geosciences
2025#10Issue 114 - 21 pp.
In the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the national project is currently being implemented Development of a Geoid Model of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a Basis for an Integrated State System of Coordinates and Heights, according to which the relevant model of the geoid for the territory of Kazakhstan will be formed and the gravity calibration line will be established to calibrate relative gravimeters. In this regard, a relevant scientific problem aims to select the optimal high-degree global gravity field model, which should best describe the long-wave component of the geoid model for the Republic of Kazakhstan. To select the optimal model were made the comparisons of the calculated height anomalies and the components of deflection of the vertical (DOV) obtained from global geopotential models XGM2019e_2159, SGG-UGM-2, SGG-UGM-1, ЕGM2008, GECO and EIGEN-6C4 with terrestrial precision measurements. In total, 59 Laplace stations and 154 high-precision levelling stations were involved in the precision analysis. Modelling of the characteristics of the Earth’s gravity was performed with software developed at the physical geodesy laboratory of the Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies. The study results suggest that the high-degree global geopotential models have an approximately common modeling error, which has a negative average value from –0.092 to – 0.123 m. It may indicate a regular drift in the system of normal heights and the difference between the actual W0 and the normal U0 of potentials. In addition to the constant shift, there is a positive drift from west to east and north to south, which may indicate the accumulation of systematic errors in the geometric leveling method. The standard deviation of the component of deflection of the vertical in the plane of meridian Δ in the regions with the altitudes less than 500 m varies from 0.93 to 1.13 arcseconds, in the regions with the altitudes greater than 500 m, from 1.26 to 1.54 arcseconds, while the standard deviation of the component of the deflection of the vertical in the plane of the first vertical Δ in the regions with the altitudes less than 500 m varies from 0.70 to 0.84 arcseconds, in the regions with the altitudes greater than 500 m, from 0.62 to 0.81 arcseconds. Based on the results given in Table 4, with the selection criteria being standard deviations, range, and mean values, the model SGG-UGM-2 was chosen the optimal high-degree global geopotential model which best describes the long-wave component of the model of the geoid for the Republic of Kazakhstan.
deflection of the vertical (DOV) , EIGEN-6C4 , field model , height anomaly , High-degree global gravity
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Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
RSE National Centre of Geodesy and Spatial Information”, Astana, Kazakhstan
GEOID LLP., Astana, Kazakhstan
Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies
RSE National Centre of Geodesy and Spatial Information”
GEOID LLP.
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