Seminar at GFZ-Potsdam

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Yesterday I delivered a seminar at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (Deutsche GeoForschungsZentrum - GFZ), talking about the connection between physics and geometry that makes what Geodesy is. The title was "From Physics to Geometry: a tapestry of heights." During the Seminar I had the opportunity to highlight part of my work dealing with heights, from a Physical Geodesy aspect (including the novel concept of rigorous orthometric heights) and from a modeller of the neutral-atmosphere (including its growing contributions to climate)

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Ontem eu apresentei um seminário no Centro Pesquisas Alemão para Geociências (Deutsche GeoForschungsZentrum - GFZ), falando sobre a conexão entre física e geometria, o que é um dos eixos da Geodesia. O título foi "Da Física à Geometria: uma tapeçaria de altitudes". Durante o Seminário, eu tive a oportunidade de destacar parte do meu trabalho que trata de altitudes, de um aspecto da Geodésia Física (incluindo o novo conceito de altitudes ortométricas rigorosas), e como um modelador da atmosfera neutra (incluindo suas crescentes contribuições para o estudo do clima).





 



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