Links to other geoid researchers

Europe Launches First Earth Explorer Mission Goce :

The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) was lofted into a near-Sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit by a Rockot launcher lifting off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia on March 17. 2009.

AUSGeoid98 - Australian Surveying and Land Information Group:

Publishers of the AUSGeoid98 model.

Curtin University of Technology, Australia (Geodesy Group):

The Geodesy Group is a small, active research group in the School of Spatial Sciences at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. The theories, techniques and computer software used for the AUSGeoid98 geoid model of Australia were developed as part of the Group's research programmes.

Geomatics Canada:

The Geodetic Survey Division of Geomatics Canada (of Natural Resources Canada) performs geoid research and computes high resolution geoid models for Canada.

IGGC:

Commission XIII of the IAG is the International Gravity and Geoid Commission (IGGC). This commision was created in 1999 as the merger of the International Gravity Commission (IGC) and the International Geoid Commission (IGeC). The current president of the IGGC is Martin Vermeer.

IUGG:

The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics is an umbrella organization with many sub-groups tied to either the USA or the geoid or both. This page provides a heirarchical diagram of IUGG with a view toward the role of the USA in geoid research.

KMS:

The Danish National Cadastre (KMS) produces high resolution geoid models for Denmark, altimetrically-derived gravity anomalies, and is a partner in the arctic gravity project.

NASA/NIMA:

These two organizations worked jointly to produce the EGM96 global geopotential model.