Alternativa para determinação de altitudes normais-ortométricas na Amazônia Legal Brasileira

Abstract

The present paper intends to develop an alternative methodology for prediction of normal-orthometric heights through Brazilian Legal Amazon Rain Forest, a region that imposes logistical-operational difficulties for fieldwork and in which there is considerable precariousness in the Brazilian Fundamental Altimetric Network (BFAN), evidencing the need to improve the network in question to fully align with the current recommendations for the achievement of the International Height Reference Frame. An alternative strategy is based on GNSS observations and the use of global geopotential models (GGMs); alternatively, it uses the national geoid model MAPGEO2015 to evaluate employability. To do so, an approach in three different variants is performed: a) use of absolute and relative approaches for altimetric determination; b) use of GGM extracts obtained in different degrees of development and MAPGEO2015; and c) the use of geoid height and height anomaly for normal-geoid height modeling. Data regarding GNSS observations are extracted from the stations of the SAT-GPS network, coinciding with BFAN stations, with information of both ellipsoidal and normal-orthometric heights; GGMs extracts are obtained pointwisely for the main current combined MGGs. Given the low mean accuracy of data in the study area and its low linkage with BFAN, it is chosen to adopt a test area —the state of Paraná— best suited for elaboration and solidification of the strategy for a later application in the area of study.