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Record Nr.

UNISA996218698603316

Titolo

Contemporary Geodesy: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Harvard College Observatory-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1 - 2 1958

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2013

ISBN

1-118-66883-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 95 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts

Collana

Geophysical monograph ; ; number 4, number 708

Disciplina

526.1

Soggetti

Geodesy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Geodetic fundamentals: introduction - Milton O Schmidt -- Evolution of the geodetic concept - Alwyn R Robbins -- Geometric techniques in geodesy - Lansing G Simmons -- Some aspects of physical geodesy - Maurice Ewing, J Lamar Worzel, Manik Talwani -- Problems of modern geodesy: introduction - Charles A Whitten -- Some remarks on geodetic astronomy - Roman K C Johns -- Geodetic networks - Buford K Meade -- Orthometric, dynamic, and barometric heights - Norman F Braaten -- Gravity and gravity reduction - Donald A Rice -- Ellipsoid parameters from satellite data - John A O'Keefe, Nancy G Roman, Benjamin S Yaplee, Ann Eckels -- Geodesy and space: introduction - Fred L Whipple -- Rocketry - A B Mickelwait -- Satellites - J Allen Hynek -- Optical and electronic tracking - Raymond H Wilson -- Orbits in contemporary geodesy - C A Lundquist -- Computations - Don A Lautman -- Space navigation in the solar system - Walter Wrigley -- Appendix: list of participants.