Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (4): 605-613.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2023.20210444

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An improved multi-surface function method with residual constraint for the fusion of shipborne and satellite altimetry derived gravity data

ZHAO Chuang1, JIN Taoyong1,2,3, QIN Pengbo4, YANG Lianjun1   

  1. 1. School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    2. Hubei Luojia Laboratory, Wuhan 430079, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Geodesy, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China;
    4. Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, Guangzhou 510000, China
  • Received:2021-08-13 Revised:2022-05-15 Published:2023-05-05
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41974020;42192533;41721003);The Special Fund of Hubei Luojia Laboratory

Abstract: In order to obtain accurate regional gravity field, it is necessary to fuse multi-source gravity data. In this study, an improved analytical fusion method based on multi-surface functions by introducing residual constraint factors is proposed. Taken the surrounding the Japanese archipelago area as example, collecting the shipborne gravity data and satellite altimetry derived gravity field model, several factors which affect the accuracy of fusion results, including the block size, the quantity and distribution of the fused shipborne gravity data, are analyzed. And with optimal above factors, the fused results of the improved method are compared with those of the least square collocation method and the multi-surface function method. Compared to the shipborne gravity data for verification, the improved method with residual constraint has the best accuracy, as well as the smallest extreme values and standard deviations. Furthermore, the improved method reduced the discrepancy of two kinds of data near the control shipborne measuring points, and extrapolate to the other areas to improve the accuracy of satellite altimetry derived gravity model with reasonable distributed residuals.

Key words: satellite altimetry, shipborne gravity, residual constraint, multi-surface function method, least square collocation

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