After successful completion of the course, students are able to interpret

the functionals of the Earth gravity field (deflections of the vertical, geoid undulation, gravity anomaly),

to set up local and regionals gravity field studies and to understand the physical background of our height systems.

Reference Systems,Equilibrium Figures, Tides,

Geopotential Models,Recent Satellite 'Gravity Missions', Earth  Reference Model

The lecture content is presented with slides and supplemented by examples.

 The course is held in English.

The lecture will be assessed by a final oral exam.

Major topics to be reviewed are the Physical Reference Figure of the Earth,

Theory of Bruns and Stokes, Tides, regional Graivity Field Modelling, Therory of Molodenskij (Basics) and

Modern Gravity Field satellite Missions.

The lecture notes will be provided in TISS.

Recommended References:

Hofmann-Wellenhof, Moritz: Physical Geodesy, Springer

H.Moritz.: The Figure of the Earth; Verlag Wichmann

Torge, Müller: Geodesy, Walter de Gruyter Verlag

G. Seeber : Satellite Geodesy; Walter de Gruyter Verlag

To join this lecture successfully basic knowledge

in mathamatics and physics (Bachelor level) as well as

 attendance in ''Höhere Geodäsie'' are pre-requisite.