Puerto
Rico
and Virgin Islands (GEOID96)
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Authors: D.A. Smith, D.G. Milbert
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Created: 1996
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Resp: D.R. Roman
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Description:
GEOID96 is a gravimetric geoid model for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands computed by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS).
It is referred to the GRS80 normal ellipsoid in the ITRF94 frame (epoch 1996.0). It has a 2'x2' spatial resolution in latitude
and longitude. It is based on about 26000 terrestrial and marine gravity values, augmented by gravity data contributions from NIMA.
Unlike the grid for the conterminous United States, this GEOID96 model does not incorporate GPS/levelling data. The gravimetric geoid
determination for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands is based on the same techniques as G96SSS for the conterminous United States, namely 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 6"x6". Due to poorer data coverage, error estimates for GEOID96 in this region are larger than the ones of G96SSS in the conterminous
United States.
References:
D.A. Smith, D.G. Milbert (1999). The GEOID96 high-resolution geoid height model for the United States. Journal of
Geodesy, 73(5), pp. 219-236. DOI: 10.1007/s001900050239
Web of Science ID:
DRCI:DATA2019017015400536
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