Finished Research Projects

Satellite Gravimetry

  • GOCE-GRavitationsfeldANalyse Deutschland – GOCE-GRAND AP6 – Bestimmung äußerer Eichfaktoren und Validierung der Ergebnisse
    The project investigated methods for calibration and validation of GOCE results with external gravity field data.
    Led by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reiner Rummel
    Team: Dr.-Ing. Heiner Denker, Dr.-Ing. Focke Jarecki, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Müller, Dr.-Ing. Karen Insa Wolf
    Year: 2002
    Funding: Research and development programme GEOTECHNOLOGIEN, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 01.01.2002 – 31.12.2004

Relativistic Geodesy

  • Transportable optical clock for relativistic geodesy (CRC 1128/2, A03)
    Led by: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Lisdat, Prof. Dr. Piet O. Schmidt, Dr.-Ing. Heiner Denker
    Team: Coworker of the Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB)
    Year: 2018
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 01.07.2018 – 30.06.2019

Gravity Field and Geoid Modelling

  • Regional gravity field modeling & relativistic geodesy (CRC 1128, C04)
    Led by: Dr.-Ing. Heiner Denker
    Team: Dr.-Ing. Miao Lin
    Year: 2014
    Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Duration: 01.07.2014 – 30.06.2018
  • GOCE-GRavitationsfeldANalyse Deutschland – GOCE-GRAND II WP220 – Regionales Validierungs- und Kombinationsexperiment
    Within the framework of the project, high-quality validated terrestrial gravity field data sets (in particular deflections of the vertical and gravity data) were generated in Germany and Europe for the external validation of GOCE products. These data were used for the validation of existing satellite gravity models on the one hand and for the calculation of corresponding combined quasigeoid solutions for Germany and Europe on the other hand.
    Led by: Dr.-Ing. Heiner Denker (WP220 - IfE)
    Team: Dr.-Ing. Christian Voigt
    Year: 2005
    Funding: Research and development programme GEOTECHNOLOGIEN, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG), Förderkennz. 03F0421D
    Duration: 01.09.2005 – 31.08.2008

CRC 1128 (geo-Q)

  • Transportable optical clock for relativistic geodesy (CRC 1128/2, A03)
    Led by: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Lisdat, Prof. Dr. Piet O. Schmidt, Dr.-Ing. Heiner Denker
    Team: Coworker of the Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB)
    Year: 2018
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 01.07.2018 – 30.06.2019
  • Regional gravity field modeling & relativistic geodesy (CRC 1128, C04)
    Led by: Dr.-Ing. Heiner Denker
    Team: Dr.-Ing. Miao Lin
    Year: 2014
    Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Duration: 01.07.2014 – 30.06.2018