| Area: |
Department of Spatial Sciences |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
4.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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| Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
10458 (v.2) Measurement and Adjustment Analysis 381 or any previous version
AND
10461 (v.3) Satellite and Space Geodesy 381 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: |
Fundamentals of geopotential theory - Laplace's and Poisson's differential equations, spherical harmonic analysis and elementary boundary-value problems. Gravity field modelling - Stokes's determination of the geoid, normal gravity field, deflections of the vertical, dynamic satellite geodesy and least-squares collocation. Anomalous gravity field - disturbing potential and gravity anomalies. The measurement and rigorous reduction of gravity data to datum. Effect of the gravity field on surveying measurements - orthometric corrections to spirit levelling, deflection corrections to survey observations and use of the geoid in survey reductions. Relativistic effects in geodesy. Earth rotation and orientation - precession, nutation, motion of the geocentre and length of day. Dynamic properties of the earth - solid-earth tides, elementary plate tectonics and postglacial rebound. Use of the gravity field in inertial surveying systems. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 031100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping) |
| Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
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Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
Partially
Online
Internal | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
Fully
Online | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
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