Reference Earth Model - WGS84
of the earth that coincides with the sea surface when it is undisturbed by winds, tides, or currents. The geoid height is the height of the geoid above the spheroid and it is expressed in meters. Consider the following mass anomaly in the earth and its effect on the ocean surface. o spheroid(r
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