Only use ship-track gravity data with caution: a case-study around Australia

References

• Andersen , O. B. and Knudsen , P. 1998 . Global marine gravity field from the ERS-1 and GEOSAT geodetic mission altimetry . Journal of Geophysical Research—Oceans , 103C : 8129 – 8137 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andersen , O. B. and Knudsen , P. 2000 . The role of satellite altimetry in gravity field modelling in coastal areas . Physics and Chemistry of the Earth , 25 : 17 – 24 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deng , X. L. and Featherstone , W. E. 2006 . A coastal re-tracking system for satellite radar altimeter waveforms: application to ERS-2 around Australia . Journal of Geophysical Research—Oceans , 111 C06012, doi:10.1029/2005JC003039
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Featherstone , W. E. 2002 . Expected contributions of dedicated satellite gravity field missions to regional geoid determination with some examples from Australia . Journal of Geospatial Engineering , 4 : 2 – 19 .
   Google Scholar
• Featherstone , W. E. 2003 . “ Comparison of different satellite altimeter-derived gravity anomaly grids with ship-borne gravity data around Australia ” . In Gravity and geoid 2002 , Edited by: Tziavos , I. N. 326 – 331 . Thessaloniki : Ziti Editions .
   Google Scholar
• Featherstone , W. E. , Kirby , J. F. , Kearsley , A. H. W. , Gilliland , J. R. , Johnston , G. M. , Steed , J. , Forsberg , R. and Sideris , M. G. 2001 . The AUSGeoid98 geoid model of Australia: data treatment, computations and comparisons with GPS-levelling data . Journal of Geodesy , 75 : 313 – 330 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Förste , C. , Schmidt , R. , Stubenvoll , R. , Flechtner , F. , Meyer , U. , König , R. , Neumayer , H. , Biancale , R. , Lemoine , J-M. , Bruinsma , S. , Loyer , S. , Barthelmes , F. and Esselborn , S. 2008 . The GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam/Groupe de Recherche de Gèodésie Spatiale satellite-only and combined gravity field models: EIGEN-GL04S1 and EIGEN-GL04C . Journal of Geodesy , 82 : 331 – 346 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hackney , R. I. and Featherstone , W. E. 2003 . Geodetic versus geophysical perspectives of the ‘gravity anomaly.’ . Geophysical Journal International , 154 : 35 – 43 . [Errata in 154, 596 and 167, 585–585]
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haxby , W. F. , Karner , G. D. , Labrecque , J. L. and Weissel , J. K. 1983 . Digital images of combined oceanic and continental data sets and their use in tectonic studies . EOS , 64 : 995 – 1004 .
   Google Scholar
• Holmes , S. A. and Featherstone , W. E. 2002 . A generalised approach to the Clenshaw summation and the recursive computation of very-high degree and order normalised associated Legendre functions . Journal of Geodesy , 76 : 279 – 299 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hwang , C. , Guo , J. , Deng , X. , Hsu , H-Y. and Liu , Y. 2006 . Coastal gravity anomaly from retracked Geosat/GM altimetry: improvement, limitation and the role of airborne gravity data . Journal of Geodesy , 80 : 204 – 216 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hwang , C. , Hsu , H-Y. and Jang , R-J. 2002 . Global mean sea surface and marine gravity anomalies from multi-satellite altimetry: applications of deflection-geoid and inverse Vening Meinesz formulae . Journal of Geodesy , 76 : 407 – 418 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hwang , C. , Kao , E-C. and Parsons , B. E. 1998 . Global derivation of marine gravity anomalies from SEASAT, GEOSAT, ERS-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data . Geophysical Journal International , 134 : 449 – 459 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kirby , J. F. 2003 . On the combination of gravity anomalies and gravity disturbances for geoid determination in Western Australia . Journal of Geodesy , 77 : 433 – 439 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koch , K-R. 2005 . Determining the maximum degree of harmonic coefficients in geopotential models by Monte Carlo methods . Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica , 49 : 259 – 275 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mather , R. S. , Rizos , C. , Hirsch , B. and Barlow , B. C. 1976 . An Australian gravity data bank for sea surface topography determinations (AUSGAD76) . Unisurv G25 , : 54 – 84 . (School of Surveying, University of New South Wales, Sydney)
   Google Scholar
• Moritz , H. 1980 . Geodetic reference system 1980 . Bulletin Géodésique , 54 : 395 – 405 .
   Google Scholar
• Murray , A. S. 1997 . The Australian national gravity database . AGSO Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics , 17 : 145 – 155 .
   Google Scholar
• Olgiati , A. , Balmino , G. , Sarrailh , M. and Green , C. M. 1995 . Gravity anomalies from satellite altimetry: comparison between computation via geoid heights and via deflections of the vertical . Bulletin Géodésique , 69 : 252 – 260 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Petkovic , P. , Fitzgerald , D. , Brett , J. , Morse , M. and Buchanan , C. . Potential field and bathymetry grids of Australia's margins . Proceedings of the ASEG 15th Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane . (CD-ROM)
   Google Scholar
• Rapp , R. H. 1982 . A FORTRAN program for the computation of gravimetric quantities from high-degree spherical harmonic expansions . Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying, Ohio State University, Columbus Report , 334
   Google Scholar
• Sandwell , D. T. and Smith , W. H. F. 1997 . Marine gravity anomaly from GEOSAT and ERS 1 satellite altimetry . Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth , 102B : 10039 – 10054 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sandwell , D. T. and Smith , W. H. F. 2005 . Retracking ERS-1 altimeter waveforms for optimal gravity field recovery . Geophysical Journal International , 163 : 79 – 89 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Swenson , S. and Wahr , J. 2006 . Post-processing removal of correlated errors in GRACE data . Geophysical Research Letters , 33 L08402, doi:10.1029/2005GL025285
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Symonds , P. A. and Willcox , J. B. 1976 . The gravity field offshore Australia . BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics , 1 : 303 – 314 .
   Google Scholar
• Tapley , B. D. , Bettadpur , S. , Watkins , M. and Reigber , C. 2004 . The gravity recovery and climate experiment: mission overview and early results . Geophysical Research Letters , 31 L09607, doi:10.1029/2004GL019920
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang , Y-M. 2001 . GSFC00 mean sea surface, gravity anomaly, and vertical gravity gradient from satellite altimeter data . Journal of Geophysical Research—Oceans , 106C : 31167 – 31174 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wessel , P. and Smith , W. H. F. 1995 . New version of the Generic Mapping Tools released . EOS , 72 : 441 – 446 .
   Google Scholar
• Wessel , P. and Watts , A. B. 1988 . On the accuracy of marine gravity measurements . Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth , 94B : 7685 – 7729 .
   Google Scholar
• Zhang , K. 1998 . Altimetric gravity anomalies, their assessment and combination with local gravity field . Finnish Geodetic Institute Report , 98 : 137 – 144 .
   Google Scholar