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GRAV-DGRAV-D
GGravity for the ravity for the RRe-definition of the e-definition of the
AAmerican merican VVertical ertical DDatumatum
Ronnie L. TaylorChief, State Advisor Branch1315 East West Highway, RM 9557Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 301-713-1054Cell Phone: 240-988-5935
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GRAV-DGRAV-DThe National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has a clearly stated missionTo:
• define, maintain and provide access to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS).
This mission is founded in Congressional mandates and Executive orders and has been the basic mission of NGS since its inception as part of the Survey of the Coast in 1807.
One critical component of the NSRS is the determination of “height”—specifically:
• ellipsoid height, orthometric height, and dynamic height—of any point in the United States or its territories.
NGS defines these heights in the official datums of the United States, and because all federal mapping activities are meant to be based on these datums, NGS has the critical role of proving the foundational information for all federal mapping activities in the nation.
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Why this briefing?
• NGS recently acquired a new airborne gravimeter– Intended to support GRAV-D
• GRAV-D is an ambitious new plan for NGS to accomplish part of its mission– Up front costs– Long-term savings– A huge contribution to GEOSS– Part of the NGS, NOS and NOAA missions
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• The first, middle and last point of GRAV-D:
Gravity and Heights are inseparably connected
• Or (to borrow from a common bumper sticker):– No gravity, no height– Know gravity, know height
Q: What is GRAV-D?
A: Gravity to determine heights accurately
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Dominant Height Systems in use in the USA
• Orthometric– Colloquially, but incorrectly, called “height above
mean sea level”– On most topographic maps– Is a >99% successful method to tell which way water
will flow
• Ellipsoid– Almost exclusively from GPS– Won’t tell water flow / floodplains
• Dynamic– Directly proportional to potential energy : always tells
which way water will flow– Dynamic heights are not lengths!– More on this later…
RequiresGravity
RequiresGravity
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Orthometric Height (H)• The distance along the plumb line from the geoid
up to the point of interest
H
Earth’sSurface
The Geoid
(Shape and locationdetermined by Earth’sgravity field)
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Ellipsoid Height (h)• The distance along the ellipsoidal normal from
some ellipsoid up to the point of interest
h
h
Earth’sSurface
An Ellipsoid
(Shape and locationare mathematical abstractions)
Another Ellipsoid
(Shape and locationare mathematical abstractions)
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Geoid Undulation (N)• The distance along the ellipsoidal normal from
some ellipsoid up to the geoid
h H
N
The Geoid
A chosen Ellipsoid
H ≈ h-N
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Vertical Datums in the USA
• Ellipsoid heights: NAD 83
• Orthometric heights: NAVD 88
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Vertical Datum – History(Orthometric Heights)
• 1807 – 1996– Defined and Accessed – Leveling/Passive Marks– NAVD 88: 600,000+ Marks
• NGS detects hundreds moved/destroyed every year• How many go undetected?
– Post-Glacial-Rebound, Subsidence, Tectonics, Frost-Heave – lots of motion out there!
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Leveling to define and use NAVD 88
• Leveling– Measure geometric changes point to point– Correct for multiple physical effects– Attempts to yield differential geopotential (energy) levels
– Convert from geopotential to dynamic height or orthometric height
– Very time consuming and tedious
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Why isn’t NAVD 88 good enough anymore?
• The GPS era brought fast, accurate ellipsoid heights – naturally this drove a desire for fast, accurate orthometric heights
• Leveling the country can not be done again– Too costly in time and money
• Leveling yields cross-country error build-up
• Leveling requires leaving behind marks – Bulldozers and crustal motion do their worst
• NAVD 88 H=0 level is known not to be the geoid– Biases , Tilts
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Orthometric Height (H)• The distance along the plumb line from the geoid
up to the point of interest
H
Earth’sSurface
The Geoid
NAVD 88 reference level
H (NAVD 88)
Errors in NAVD 88 : ~50 cm ave, 100 cm CONUS tilt, 1-2 meters ave in Alaska NO tracking
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Fast, Accurate Orthometric Heights
• GPS already gives fast accurate ellipsoid heights
• If the geoid were determined to highest accuracy…
• Voila… Fast, accurate orthometric heights– Anywhere in the nation– Time-changes to H determined through:
• GPS on CORS (h changes)• Absolute gravity spot checks (N changes)
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Intermission…
• To get fast, accurate, inexpensive orthometric heights, all pieces are in place except one:
– A well known, and time-tracked geoid model
• Thus “GRAV-D”– Gravity for the Re-definition of the American Vertical Datum
– Get good gravity once (airborne gravity)– Track gravity on a broad scale over time (absolute gravity)– Replace NAVD 88 with a sustainable, accurate, inexpensive
vertical datum
– Up front cost is “high”, but pay off is sustainability at low-cost!
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• Official NGS policy as of Nov 14, 2007– $38.5M over 10 years
• Airborne Gravity Snapshot
• Absolute Gravity Tracking
• Re-define the Vertical Datum of the USA by 2017
Q: What is GRAV-D?
A: A Plan (released Dec 2007)
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Mission of NGS
• To define, maintain and provide access to the National Spatial Reference System to meet our nation’s economic, social, and environmental needs
And
• To be a world leader in geospatial activities, including the development and promotion of standards, specifications, and guidelines.
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Mission of NOS
• To provide products, services, and information that promote safe navigation, support coastal communities, sustain marine ecosystems, and mitigate coastal hazards.
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Mission of NOAA
• To understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our nation’s economic, social and environmental needs
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Missions and GRAV-D
• NGS can neither fulfill their mission, nor contribute to the NOS and NOAA missions without modernizing the vertical datum component of the NSRS
• Only GRAV-D offers a sustainable, accurate method for doing this
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• National Scale has 2 parts:– High Resolution Snapshot– Low Resolution Movie
• Local/Regional Scale has 1 part:– High Resolution Movie
GRAV-D
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GRAV-D
• National High Resolution Snapshot
– Predominantly through airborne gravity
– With Absolute Gravity for ties and checks
– Relative Gravity for expanding local regions where airborne shows significant mismatch with existing terrestrial
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Ship gravity
Terrestrial gravity
New Orleans
20-100 km gravity gaps along coast
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GRAV-D: Campaign IPhase I, Part 1 - Testing
• Test varieties of flight heights / speeds / spacings for optimal ratio of
$$ : g-accuracy
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GRAV-D: Campaign IPhase I, Part 2 - Testing
• Test area for proof of concept to define vertical datum from GPS + gravimetric geoid
• PR/VI cost would run ~$300k
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GRAV-D: Campaign IPhase II - Operations
• In a carefully chosen order…
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