Physical geodesy

Physical geodesy is the study of the physical properties of Earth's gravity and its potential field (the geopotential), with a view to their application in geodesy.

Dynamic height

Friedrich Robert Helmert

Geophysics

Gravity of Earth

Gravimetry

LAGEOS

Mikhail Molodenskii

Normal height

Orthometric height

Satellite geodesy

B. Hofmann-Wellenhof and H. Moritz, Physical Geodesy, Springer-Verlag Wien, 2005. (This text is an updated edition of the 1967 classic by W.A. Heiskanen and H. Moritz).