Meet the editors

Dr. Bihter Erol received her Ph.D. degree in geodesy from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey, in 2007, and she still works as a full-time associate professor at ITU Geomatics Department. Her research interests in the field of physical geodesy include static and temporal determination of the Earth's gravity field, regional geoid modeling with terrestrial and airborne gravimetry, and structural deformation analyses. Dr. Erol

has research experience in her major at different departments and institutes in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. She has published many scientific journal articles and proceedings and has made contributions as editor and reviewer in geodetic journals and proceedings. She takes a role in various international symposia organizations and scientific committees. She is a member of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) working groups; leads the ITU Gravity Research Group; supervises the thesis studies, and carries out research projects at the ITU Geomatics Department.

Dr. Serdar Erol is a full-time professor at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey. He received his Ph.D. degree in Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering at the ITU in 2008. His main research areas include satellite geodesy, monitoring and analyzing deformations using geodetic methods, sea level monitoring and satellite altimeter, engineering surveying and applications, statistical data analyses and modeling, and spectral

data evaluation methods. He was a research associate at the University of Calgary-Geomatics Engineering Department, Canada, in 2004/2005. He currently contributes to study groups of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and Turkey National Geodesy Commission (TUJK). He is a member of the ITU Gravity Research Group. He gives lectures, supervises thesis studies, and owns administrative responsibilities in Geomatics Department at ITU.

Contents

*by Mehdi Eshagh*

Methods

Developments

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 23**

**Chapter 3 43**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 77**

**Chapter 6 95**

**Chapter 7 125**

**Chapter 8 143**

The Earth's Gravity Field Role in Geodesy and Large-Scale Geophysics

On Moho Determination by the Vening Meinesz-Moritz Technique

The Gravity Effect of Topography: A Comparison among Three Different

Continental Water Storage Changes Sensed by GRACE Satellite Gravimetry

Radar Satellite Altimetry in Geodesy - Theory, Applications and Recent

Coastal Sea Level Trends from a Joint Use of Satellite Radar Altimetry,

GPS and Tide Gauges: Case Study of the Northern Adriatic Sea

GNSS Networks for Geodynamics in the Caribbean, Northwestern

*by Carlo Iapige De Gaetani, Anna Maria Marotta, Riccardo Barzaghi,* 

*by Lars Erik Sjöberg and Majid Abrehdary*

*Mirko Reguzzoni and Lorenzo Rossi*

*by Guillaume Ramillien and Lucía Seoane*

*by Marijan Grgić and Tomislav Bašić*

*by Stefano Vignudelli and Francesco De Biasio*

Beyond Mapping Functions and Gradients *by Jean-Pierre Barriot and Peng Feng*

South America, and Central America *by Héctor Mora-Páez and Franck Audemard*
