Explore: Geopotential

Geopotential (symbol W) is the potential of the Earth's gravity field. It has SI units of square metre per square seconds (m2/s2). For convenience it is

Geopotential height, also known as geopotential altitude or geopotential elevation, is a vertical coordinate (with dimension of length) representing the

with an assumed linear distribution of absolute temperature T against geopotential altitude h. The other two values (pressure P and density ρ) are computed

geopotential numbers have units of m2/s2. Normalization by a constant nominal gravity value (units of m/s2) yields units of metre, as in geopotential

The Earth Gravitational Models (EGM) are a series of geopotential models of the Earth published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). They

geodesy, a geopotential model is the theoretical analysis of measuring and calculating the effects of Earth's gravitational field (the geopotential). The Earth

polynomials in physics Standard gravitational parameter (GM) Geoid Geopotential Geopotential model Solivérez, C.E. (2016). Electrostatics and magnetostatics

set to be replaced in 2025 with a new geometric reference frame and geopotential datum, based on GPS and gravimetric geoid models. NAVD 88 was established

It can be computed (in SI units of metre) by dividing the location's geopotential number (symbol C, in square metre per square second) by the normal gravity

orthometric heights, geopotential heights, and dynamic heights (see Geodesy). All points on a geoid surface have the same geopotential (the sum of gravitational