Glossaire relatif à la marégraphie

Le glossaire suivant présente les termes et acronymes usités au travers des pages du portail REFMAR.

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Generating force

Resultant of the gravitational attractive force exerted by celestial bodies at a point on the Earth and the inertial driving force of a reference base associated with the Earth.

Generating potential

Scalar magnitude from which the generating force is derived.

Geocentric zenith distance

Zenith distance with respect to the centre of the earth.Historical data or metadata: Tide gauge data in non-digital format

Geodetic coefficient

Element of the expression of the generating potential depending solely on the latitude.

Geographical coordinates

Terrestrial latitude and longitude.

Geoid

Equipotential surface of the Earth's gravitational field.

GLOSS

The Global Sea Level Observing System

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

GPM

Grand Port MaritimeGrand Port Maritime (major maritime port)