Everything about Geodesy

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: GeodesyA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Volcano geodesy using InSAR in 2020: the past and next decadesInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: GeodesyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Space geodesy constrains ice age terminal deglaciation: The global ICE‐6G_C (VM5a) modelCited 1,239 times
5. Go sideways: LatitudeA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: World Geodetic SystemA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Space geodesy constrains ice age terminal deglaciation: The global ICE‐6G_C (VM5a) model

  W. R. Peltier, D. F. Argus, R. Drummond · 2015 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth · 1,239 citations

• Geodesy by radio interferometry: Effects of atmospheric modeling errors on estimates of baseline length

  J. L. Davis, T. A. Herring, I. I. Shapiro · 1985 · Radio Science · 1,118 citations

• Rheology of the Lower Crust and Upper Mantle: Evidence from Rock Mechanics, Geodesy, and Field Observations

  Roland Bürgmann, Georg Dresen · 2008 · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 1,061 citations

• REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy

  Giovanni F. Sella, Timothy H. Dixon, Ailin Mao · 2002 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth · 851 citations

• Physical geodesy

  W. A. Heiskanen, H. Moritz · 1967 · Bulletin géodésique · 770 citations

• Atomic clock performance enabling geodesy below the centimetre level

  W. F. McGrew, X. Zhang, R. J. Fasano · 2018 · Nature · 712 citations

• Geodesy and metrology with a transportable optical clock

  Jacopo Grotti, Silvio Koller, Stefan Vogt · 2018 · Nature Physics · 462 citations

• A clock network for geodesy and fundamental science

  C. Lisdat, G. Grosche, N. Quintin · 2016 · Nature Communications · 435 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Volcano geodesy using InSAR in 2020: the past and next decades

  Michael P. Poland, Howard A. Zebker · 2022 · Bulletin of Volcanology · 58 citations

• Towards Millimeter-Level Accuracy in GNSS-Based Space Geodesy: A Review of Error Budget for GNSS Precise Point Positioning

  Xianjie Li, Jean-Pierre Barriot, Yidong Lou · 2023 · Surveys in Geophysics · 47 citations

• Subsurface Water Flux in California's Central Valley and Its Source Watershed From Space Geodesy

  Donald F. Argus, Hilary R. Martens, Adrian A. Borsa · 2022 · Geophysical Research Letters · 45 citations

• Rapid shallow megathrust afterslip from the 2021 M8.2 Chignik, Alaska earthquake revealed by seafloor geodesy

  Benjamin A. Brooks, Dara Goldberg, John DeSanto · 2023 · Science Advances · 44 citations

• GREAT: A scientific software platform for satellite geodesy and multi-source fusion navigation

  Xingxing Li, Jiande Huang, Xin Li · 2024 · Advances in Space Research · 39 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• GeodesyU.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. · 1900
• Mars and its canalsPercival Lowell · 1906
• GeodäsieWolfgang Torge · 1975
• Elementary surveyingPaul R. Wolf, Brinker, Russell C. · 1951
• GeodesyGeorge L. Hosmer · 1919
• Catalogue of the collections in the Science museum, South KensingtonScience Museum (Great Britain) · 1921
• Elements of precise surveying and geodesyMansfield Merriman · 1899
• GeodesyG. Bomford · 1952

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🔗 Related topics

• Latitude In geodesy and cartography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another…
• World Geodetic System The World Geodetic System (WGS) is a standard used in cartography, geodesy, and satellite navigation, including GPS. The current version, WGS 84, defines…
• Geodetic datum A geodetic datum or geodetic system (also: geodetic reference datum, geodetic reference system, or geodetic reference frame, or terrestrial reference frame)…
• Earth ellipsoid An Earth ellipsoid or Earth spheroid is a mathematical figure approximating the Earth's shape and size, used as part of a reference frame for coordinates…
• Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system The Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system (acronym ECEF), also known as the geocentric coordinate system, is a cartesian spatial reference system…
• Figure of the Earth In geodesy, the figure of the Earth is the size and shape used to model planet Earth. The kind of figure depends on application, including the precision…
• Satellite geodesy Satellite geodesy is geodesy by means of artificial satellites—the measurement of the form and dimensions of Earth, the location of objects on its surface…
• Geoid The geoid (/ˈdʒiː.ɔɪd/ JEE-oyd) is the shape Earth would have if covered by an ocean responding to the gravity of Earth, including gravitational attraction…