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Vertical gravity gradient modeling and its influence on gravity datum transfer
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Tianxiang Zhoua, Hongbo Tana, *, Guangliang Yanga, Rugang Xub, Xinlin Zhanga, Jiapei Wanga, Sheng Liua, Hengzhou Menga, Ziheng Chena
Geodesy and Geodynamics | 2026, 17(3) : 400 - 405
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Geodesy and Geodynamics | 2026, 17(3): 400-405
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Vertical gravity gradient modeling and its influence on gravity datum transfer
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Tianxiang Zhoua, Hongbo Tana, *, Guangliang Yanga, Rugang Xub, Xinlin Zhanga, Jiapei Wanga, Sheng Liua, Hengzhou Menga, Ziheng Chena
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  • aInstitute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration, Wuhan 430071, China
  • bAnhui Earthquake Agency, Anhui 230031, China
  • Tianxiang Zhou, Master Candidate, Student of the Department of Geophysics at the Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration. His research interests include gravity data processing and geophysical field structure inversion. His work includes optimizing relative gravity data adjustment methods, optimizing gravity data processing, and inverting three-dimensional temperature field structure.

Published: 2026-05-10 doi: 10.1016/j.geog.2025.09.006
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In the past, the free-air gradient - 308.6 × 10-8 s-2 was used as the vertical gravity gradient of the measuring point in gravity data processing, which resulted in inaccurate instrument height corrections. To investigate the influence of using the vertical gravity gradient, theoretical gradients of the Jinzhai baseline field in the Dabie Mountains were calculated using DEM data and WGM2012 gravity anomaly data. Adjustment results were compared with those using the free-air gradient. Using the theoretically calculated vertical gravity gradient correction improved the scale factor calibration precision by an average of 0.00007. The average precision of gravity adjustment results under different datum controls increased from 2.23 × 10-8 m/s2 to 1.45 × 10-8 m/s2. In a single-datum control adjustment, the maximum effect of the actual vertical gravity gradient on datum transfer is 8.7 × 10-8 m/s2, while the effect without it is as low as 9.0 × 10-8 m/s2 and as high as 27.5 × 10-8 m/s2. In a multi-datum system, using the actual vertical gravity gradient yields the best results. Even with the three-datum control adjustment, the average effect of the free-air gradient correction on the results reaches 3.9 × 10-8 m/s2. Therefore, incorporating measured or theoretically calculated vertical gravity gradients into gravity data processing is essential for significantly enhancing its accuracy and precision.

Gravity adjustment  /  Gravity gradient  /  Instrument height correction  /  Gravity data processing
Tianxiang Zhou, Hongbo Tan, Guangliang Yang, Rugang Xu, Xinlin Zhang, Jiapei Wang, Sheng Liu, Hengzhou Meng, Ziheng Chen. Vertical gravity gradient modeling and its influence on gravity datum transfer[J]. Geodesy and Geodynamics, 2026 , 17 (3) : 400 -405 . DOI: 10.1016/j.geog.2025.09.006
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(42174104)
  • Special Project for Basic Resources Survey of the Ministry of Science and Technology(2023FY10150502)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2022CFB350)
  • Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1939204)
  • Spark Program of Earthquake Science and Technology(XH23014YC)
  • Hubei Province Natural Science Foundation(2025AFB854)
Year 2026 volume 17 Issue 3
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doi: 10.1016/j.geog.2025.09.006
  • Receive Date:2025-08-09
  • Online Date:2026-07-23
  • Published:2026-05-10
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  • Received:2025-08-09
  • Revised:2025-09-16
  • Accepted:2025-09-19
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(42174104)
Special Project for Basic Resources Survey of the Ministry of Science and Technology(2023FY10150502)
Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2022CFB350)
Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1939204)
Spark Program of Earthquake Science and Technology(XH23014YC)
Hubei Province Natural Science Foundation(2025AFB854)
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    aInstitute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration, Wuhan 430071, China
    bAnhui Earthquake Agency, Anhui 230031, China

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* Corresponding author. E-mail address: (H. Tan).
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