International Service for the Geoid
President: Mirko Reguzzoni (Italy)
Director: Daniela Carrion (Italy)
Since 1999 the process of reviewing statutes of IAG has deeply involved also the IAG Services and those Services which are related to the determination of the gravity field.
In 2003, a new unified IAG Service for the Gravity Field has been created: the International Gravity Field Service (IGFS), to coordinate and integrate broad gravity field activities.
IGFS centres are: International Gravimetric Bureau (BGI), Combination Service for Time-variable Gravity Fields (COST-G), International Service for the Geoid (ISG), International Centre for Global Earth Models (ICGEM) and International DEM Service (IDEMS), International Geodynamics and Earth Tide Service (IGETS). In IGFS, ISG is one of the operative arms of the International Commission for the Gravity Field.
ISG' activities are on educational, research, and data distribution sides: principal purposes of ISG are the collection and distribution of geoid models, the collection and distribution of software for geoid computation, and the organization of technical schools on geoid determinations.
The Service is provided by two Centres, one at Politecnico di Milano, and one at NGA.
Main tasks of ISG are:
• to collect geoid data on a worldwide scale (geoid repository)
• to collect and distribute software for geoid determination (software download)
• to conduct researches on procedure for geoid determination (projects)
• to organize Geoid schools
• to edit and distribute the Newton's Bulletin
Moreover, as regards the research activity, ISG takes part in:
• the European Gravity Geoid Project
• the GOCE satellite mission
• the Global Geodetic Observing System project (GGOS) for the height datum unification
For other details about ISG projects please click here.
At present the following scientists are ISG advisors:
N. Pavlis (USA), M. Sideris, J. Huang (Canada), R. Forsberg (Denmark), J. Ågren (Sweden), U. Marti (Switzerland), L. Sánchez, K. Elger (Germany), I. Tziavos (Greece), D. Blitzkow (Brazil), H. Abd-Elmotaal (Egypt), C. Hwang (Chinese Taipei)
Within the structure of ISG, Working Groups can be established for specific purposes, limited in time.
Please cite the ISG service as:
M. Reguzzoni, D. Carrion, C.I. De Gaetani, A. Albertella, L. Rossi, G. Sona, K. Batsukh, J.F. Toro Herrera, K. Elger, R. Barzaghi, F. Sansó (2021). Open access to regional geoid models: the International Service for the Geoid. Earth System Science Data, 13, pp. 1653–1666. DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-1653-2021.
Disclaimer:
Neither ISG nor any of its staff accept any liability in connection with the use of data and models provided here. Neither ISG nor any of its staff make any warranty of fitness, completeness, usefulness and accuracy of the data and models for any intented or unintended purpose.
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