Geoid Animation
Animated globe illustrating the Geoid height, highlighting variations in the Earth's gravitational pull caused by uneven mass distribution.
Animated globe illustrating the Geoid height, highlighting variations in the Earth's gravitational pull caused by uneven mass distribution.
The geoid represents the wavy surface of sea level across the Earth's uneven mass distribution, influenced by terrain and density variations.
Global maps of the Earth schematically highlighting the individual surface areas of the World’s oceans, including the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.
A direct comparison of the relative surface area covered by individual land masses and oceans on the Earth.
Global maps of the Geoid height, which is the difference of an imaginary sea level surface to a perfect ellipsoid.