Empirical estimates of cumulative refraction errors associated with procedurally constrained levelings based on the Gaithersburg- Tucson refraction tests of the National Geodetic Survey

Geophysical Research Letters
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Abstract

Analyses of results of the National Geodetic Survey's leveling refraction tests indicate that the standard deviation about the mean (σ) for high-scale minus low-scale rod readings closely correlates with measured refraction error. Use of this relation in conjunction with values for σ obtained from routinely constrained surveys provides a basis for estimating the refraction error associated with levelings of stipulated order and class.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Empirical estimates of cumulative refraction errors associated with procedurally constrained levelings based on the Gaithersburg- Tucson refraction tests of the National Geodetic Survey
Series title Geophysical Research Letters
DOI 10.1029/GL012i005p00239
Volume 12
Issue 5
Year Published 1985
Language English
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Description 4 p.
First page 239
Last page 242
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