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| JDZ5790 | Geodinamics and Gravity Field | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Nazan YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Description of gravity and obtain information about earth's gravity structure. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn basic concepts such as gravitational, potential and gravity. | 1 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | understand earth gravity field and impotance in geodesy. | 1 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | have knowledgeable about earth?s basic parameters and physical properties | 10 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | learn geoid determination methods | 10 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | have knowledgeable about instrumentation and techniques which are used in geodetic monitoring of tectonic deformations | 8,10 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Determination of the Earth's gravitational potentional. Tidal parameters and polar motion. Review of basic Earth parameters and physical properties. Structure of the terrestrial gravity field and requirements for global and local approximation. Applications to gravity prediction, geoid, determination, deflection estimation. Geodetic monitoring of tectonic deformation; related instrumentation and techniques such as SLR, GPS, VLBI. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Subject and aim of lesson
| | | Week 2 | Gravitational force and description of gravitational potential | | | Week 3 | Gravity and gravity measurements | | | Week 4 | Earth's gravity field and earth internal structure | | | Week 5 | Geopotential surfaces and geoid | | | Week 6 | Gravity and satellites | | | Week 7 | Earth's basic parameters and physical properties | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Tides parameters and polar motion | | | Week 10 | Obtained of different heights with the help of gravity
| | | Week 11 | Determination of earth size and shape with the help of gravity | | | Week 12 | Gravity determination with CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE satellites | | | Week 13 | Gravity and geopotential coefficients | | | Week 14 | Appication related to the usage fields of gravity in geodesy | | | Week 15 | Discussion and evaluation of the applications
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Weikkoa Heiskanen, Helmut Moritz. 1984; Fiziksel jeodezi, Türkçesi Onur Gürkan, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi. Mühendislik-Mimarlık Fakültesi. Genel yayın ; No. 19 Fakültesi yayın ; No. 8 | | | 2 | Cook, A.H.1980. Gravite ve Yeryuvarı, Gürkan O., Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Yer Bilimleri Fakültesi, No:144/34, Trabzon. | | | |
| 1 | Torge, W.1980; Geodesy, Walter De Gruyter, Berlin-Newyork | | | 2 | P. Vanicek ve N.T. Christou.1994; Geoid and Its Geophysical Interpretations, CRC Press, Florida. | | | 3 | Erden, F.1979. Uygulamalı Gravite, Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitüsü Yayınlarından Eğitim Serisi, No:21, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 2 | 30 | | Project | 9
10 | | 10 | 5 | | Practice | 2 | | 3 | 5 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 3 | | 3 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Ödev | 3 | 4 | 12 | | Proje | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Diğer 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Diğer 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 85 |
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