Geoid

The geoid is the equipotential surface of the Earth’s gravity field that is closely approximated by the mean sea level, i.e. the surface of the sea in the absence of other influences such as winds and tides and so on. As an equipotential surface of the Earth’s gravity field, the geoid has important implications in engineering for the definition of physical heights and for Earth system studies.

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