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GG 450 Lecture 31/22/08 Gravity Corrections Potential Geoid Data Max value : 27.7 meters Data Min value : -3.1 meters This is the geoid near Hawaii. It has a range of over 30 meters and it reflects the topography. Alaska Geoid from /GEOID/GEOID96/geo-indx.html Data Max value : 21.3 meters Data Min value : -21.5 meters Note the low values in the subduction zone and the highs on the over-riding plate. Deep blues: -100 m, reds: +100 m * Recall from last class: ? We obtain gravity readings from gravimeters, the readings are corrected to milligals by a calibration constant, and to observed gravity by comparing our data to a known value. The result is OBSERVED g: gobs ? The value of gravitational acceleration varies in a predictable way with latitude, being about 5,000 mgals higher at the poles than at the equator. We correct for this using an empirical formula. The gravity anomaly is the observed value - the model value. I have a philosophical argument with the book at this point. A scientist should not correct data (gobs), but should correct the model. Your book talks about making corrections to the data, while I will talk about making the model more complete, and thus reducing the errors, or variance, between the data and the model. Mathematically, there is no difference. Philosophically, there is a big difference. YOU SHOULD FIX YOUR MODEL, NOT YOUR DATA Table 6.1 shows how gravity changes with latitude. This is an interactive table that is included in the books CD. You can change the parameters and see their effect on the gravity model and on the accuracy required of measurements. Where are position accuracy requirements more severe, near the poles or near the equator? Recall what it is that we are trying to determine: Gravity will change with changes in the density of the material near the gravity meter. We want to know what the unknown density variations are likely to be. We already have a mo