Physical Geodesy - Hofmann-Wellenhof, Bernhard; Moritz, Helmut; SpringerLink (Online service) (Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Motivation -- Fundamentals of potential theory -- Gravity field of the earth -- Gravity reduction -- Heights -- The geometry of the earth -- Gravity field outside the earth -- Space methods -- Modern views on the determination of the figure of the earth -- Statistical methods in physical geodesy -- Least-squares collocation -- Computational methods.
Keywords: Geographical information systems; Geophysics; Geotechnical engineering; Oceanography; Civil engineering; Earth sciences; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Civil Engineering; Earth Sciences, general