GRAV-D News: 2008 Jul 04-31: GRAV-D test flights performed in Alaska

2008 Jul 4 - 31:
GRAV-D test flights performed in Alaska:

The month of July was a busy one for GRAV-D!  In an effort to support "Hydropalooza" (the Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) initiative in the Kechamak Bay region of Alaska), the National Geodetic Survey took the airborne gravimeter to Anchorage Alaska and flew almost 100 hours, covering a region 400 by 500 km (see plot).  This new gravity data will allow NGS to compute a more accurate gravimetric geoid for this region than has ever been done before.  This geoid will support VDatum, IOCM and the GRAV-D project.

Pictures to be posted soon.