TY - GEN

T1 - EUVN_DA

T2 - IAG International Symposium on "Gravity, Geoid and Earth Observation 2008"

AU - Kenyeres, A.

AU - Sacher, M.

AU - Ihde, J.

AU - Denker, H.

AU - Marti, U.

N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - EUREF, the Sub-commission for the Euro-pean Reference Frame within IAG Commission 1, in cooperation with the European Geoid and Gravity Project (EGGP), is developing a homogeneous continental GPS/leveling database. EUVN_DA, the Densification Action of the EUVN (European Unified Vertical Reference Network) project is designed to support the development of the new European geoid solutions and to contribute to the realization of an accurate continental height reference surface. The cm-accuracy GPS/leveling database could also be used for the realization of the European Vertical Reference System (EVRS) and for the analysis of the national height networks. The establishment of the EUVN_DA network was started in 2003. The database now consists of about 1,500 high quality GPS/leveling points contributed from 25 countries. The GPS coordinates refer to the realizations of the ETRS89 and the leveling data to EVRS2007. Most of the EUVN_DA benchmarks are integrated into the UELN (United European Leveling Network) to assure the long term homogeneity and consistency of the height information. The GPS database mostly relies on existing measurements which fulfilled pre-defined quality requirements. The main phase of the project terminates by the end of 2008, but the periodic maintenance of the database is planned on long term. This paper summarizes the activities within the EUVN_DA project, gives an overview on the actual status and presents the results on the analysis of the continental geoid solutions.

AB - EUREF, the Sub-commission for the Euro-pean Reference Frame within IAG Commission 1, in cooperation with the European Geoid and Gravity Project (EGGP), is developing a homogeneous continental GPS/leveling database. EUVN_DA, the Densification Action of the EUVN (European Unified Vertical Reference Network) project is designed to support the development of the new European geoid solutions and to contribute to the realization of an accurate continental height reference surface. The cm-accuracy GPS/leveling database could also be used for the realization of the European Vertical Reference System (EVRS) and for the analysis of the national height networks. The establishment of the EUVN_DA network was started in 2003. The database now consists of about 1,500 high quality GPS/leveling points contributed from 25 countries. The GPS coordinates refer to the realizations of the ETRS89 and the leveling data to EVRS2007. Most of the EUVN_DA benchmarks are integrated into the UELN (United European Leveling Network) to assure the long term homogeneity and consistency of the height information. The GPS database mostly relies on existing measurements which fulfilled pre-defined quality requirements. The main phase of the project terminates by the end of 2008, but the periodic maintenance of the database is planned on long term. This paper summarizes the activities within the EUVN_DA project, gives an overview on the actual status and presents the results on the analysis of the continental geoid solutions.

KW - EUREF

KW - Geoid

KW - Geoid evaluation

KW - GPS/leveling

KW - Reference network

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880267939&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-10634-7_41

DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-10634-7_41

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84880267939

SN - 9783642106330

T3 - International Association of Geodesy Symposia

SP - 315

EP - 320

BT - Gravity, Geoid and Earth Observation

Y2 - 23 June 2008 through 27 June 2008

ER -