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| Authors: D.R. Roman, Y.M. Wang | Created: 2003 | Resp: D.R. Roman |
| Status: PUBLIC |
| Description:
USGG2003 is a gravimetric geoid model for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands computed by the National Geodetic Survey
(NGS). It has a 1'x1' spatial resolution in latitude and longitude. It is the same as the GEOID99 gravimetric model
for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, but for the reference frame. In particular USGG2003 is referred to the GRS80 normal
ellipsoid in the ITRF00 frame. The geoid determination is based on the use of the one-dimensional spherical Fast Fourier
Transform (FFT) to evaluate Stokes' integral. It is performed in the framework of a remove-restore procedure, where long wavelengths
come from the EGM96 geopotential model, while the terrain correction is computed by using a digital elevation model with a spatial
resolution of 3"x3". The GEOID03 model is also computed for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, but unlike the grid for the conterminous
United States, this model does not incorporate GPS/levelling data. It is derived from the USGG2003 gravimetric model for Puerto Rico
and Virgin Islands by changing the reference frame of the GRS80 normal ellipsoid to the NAD83 frame. Due to poorer data coverage,
error estimates for USGG2003 and GEOID03 in this region are larger than the ones of USGG2003 in the conterminous United States.
References: D.R. Roman, Y.M. Wang, W. Henning, J. Hamilton (2004). Assessment of the New National Geoid Height Model, GEOID03. Surveying and Land Information Science, 64(3), pp. 153-162. Web of Science ID: DRCI:DATA2019017015400532 |
