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1976: Vol. LIII, No. 1

Deflections and Geoidal Heights Across a Seamount

Submitted
August 7, 2015
Published
2015-07-08

Abstract

Detailed deflection- and geoid charts across the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands are presented. They were computed from a density model of the area as deduced from observed astrogeodetic deflection values, bathymetric data, and assumed density variations below the ocean floor. This finely interpolated ground truth information provides a test area for satellite altimetry. In turn, deflections derived from satellite altimetry in oceanic regions may be interpolated similarly by this bathymetric method.