Geos.735 GEODESY (2 CH)
Gravity, geopotential, geopotential theory, units of gravity and geopotential, measurement procedure, (vertical angle, zenith angle, elevation angle), leveling, common leveling instruments (spirit level, level staff, dumpy level, laser level), theodolites, level surfaces and plumb line, gravity field of level ellipsoid, gravity anomalies, free air anomaly, Bouguer anomaly.
Books Recommended:
- Gravity by Gamow, G., 2002. Dover Publications Inc.
- Gravity by Niz, E.S., 2006. Capstone Press, Minnesota.
- Physical Geodesy by Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, and Moritz, Helmut., 2006. Second edition, Springer Wien, New York.