Subject
ENGO - Geomatics Engineering
Description
Introduction to geodesy, its principles, tasks and applications. Measurements and methods for geodetic positioning. Rotation and orientation of the Earth including elements from rotational dynamics. The gravity field and the geoid in science and engineering. Elements from potential theory, vector calculus, Gauss divergence, Green's theorems, boundary value problems. The normal field. Gravimetry and gravimetric measurements. Gravity reductions, isostasy. Geoid determination, Stokes's formula, the remove-restore method, least-squares collocation. Vertical positioning and height datums and systems. Fundamentals of Earth's figure and gravity field estimation using perturbations of orbits of satellites and planets. Principles and applications of satellite gravimetry and satellite altimetry.
Prerequisite(s): Geomatics Engineering 421.
Corequisite(s): Geomatics Engineering 327 or Electrical Engineering 327.
Prerequisite(s): Geomatics Engineering 421.
Corequisite(s): Geomatics Engineering 327 or Electrical Engineering 327.
GFC Hours
(3-3)
Domestic Fee Rate Group
D
International Fee Rate Group
C
Signature Learning
Research & Creative Scholarship
Courses may consist of a Lecture, Lab, Tutorial, and/or Seminar. Students will be required to register in each component that is required for the course as indicated in the schedule of classes. Practicums, internships or other experiential learning modalities are typically indicated as a Lab component.
Component
LAB
Component
LEC
Units
3
Repeat for Credit
No