In this thesis, an integrated approach is developed for the regional refinement of global gravity field solutions. The analysis concepts are tailored to the in-situ type character of the observations provided by the new ...

The GOCE (Gravity Field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) mission is dedicated to the determination of the Earth's gravity field. During the mission period of at least one year the GOCE satellite will collect ...

Large-scaled least squares problems require tailored numerical techniques to overcome the computational burden. For these types of problems iterative strategies are suitable because of their flexibility and effectiveness. ...

The subject of this thesis is the global and regional gravity field determination from GOCE data using the short arc approach. The focus is on the extension of the regional method regarding an adaption of the model resolution ...