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| JDZL7341 | Geoid Determination Methods | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Nazan YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | In the course, it is aimed to teach geoid determination techniques by emphasizing the definition, importance and geodetic necessity of geoid. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | They will learn the concepts of attraction and potential. | 1 | 1,3, | | PO - 2 : | They will learn the real, normal and disruptive gravity field of the earth | 1 | 1,3, | | PO - 3 : | They will understand the definition, importance and geodetic necessity of geoid. | 1 | 1,3, | | PO - 4 : | They will learn the methods of direct geoid determination. | 1 | 1,3, | | PO - 5 : | Dolaylı olarak farklı enterpolasyon teknikleri jeoid belirleme yöntemlerini öğrenecekler | 1 | 1,3, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Gravity and potential, Earth's gravity field, Normal and Distorting gravity field, Plumb deflection, Definition and importance of geoid, Direct geoid determination methods, Indirectly different interpolation techniques, geoid determination methods. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the lesson and determining the purpose | | | Week 2 | Gravity and potential, Direct geoid detection methods, Indirectly different interpolation techniques, geoid detection methods. | | | Week 3 | Plumb deflection and its types | | | Week 4 | The real gravity field of the earth, | | | Week 5 | Normal and Disruptive gravity field of the Earth, | | | Week 6 | Equipotential surfaces and definition of geoid | | | Week 7 | Importance and necessity of geoid | | | Week 8 |
Determination of geoid | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Direct geoid determination methods | | | Week 11 | Geode Determination by Astrogeodetic Method,
Geoiddeterminationby Gravimetric Method | | | Week 12 | Determination of Geoids with Fast Fourier Transform, Determination of Geopotentials from Geopotential Coefficients | | | Week 13 | Global Geopotential Models, Combined Methods | | | Week 14 | Interpolation Methods for Geoid Heights, Interpolation with Weighted Average Method, Interpolation with Polynomials | | | Week 15 | Multiquadratic Interpolation, Collocation Method, Kriging Interpolation | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | P. Vanicek ve N.T. Christou.1994; Geoid and Its Geophysical Interpretations, CRC Press, Florida. | | | 2 | Dragomir, V.C., Ghitau, D.N., Mihailescu, M.S. ve Rotaru, M.G. 1982. Theory of The Earth's Shape, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York. | | | |
| 1 | Moritz, H.1980. Advanced Physical Geodesy, Herbert Wichmann Verlag Karlsruhe. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 13 | | 2 | 20 | | Project | 7
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9 | | | 5 | | Practice | 1 | | 3 | 5 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 3 | | 3 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 9 | 1 | 9 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 93 |
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