Improving accuracy of local geoid model using machine learning approaches and residuals of GPS/levelling geoid height.

This study aims to use GPS/Levelling data and machine learning techniques (MLs) to model a high precision local geoid for Kuwait. To improve the accuracy of a local geoid the global geopotential model and local terrain effect should be incorporated. The geoid model was improved based on the modelling of geoid residuals using three MLs. Minimax Probability Machine Regression (MPMR), Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) MLs were developed for modelling the calculated geoid residuals. The results show that the accuracy of the three MLs was improved compared to previous studies, and the accuracy of the GPR model was better than the other models. The standard deviations of Kuwait geoid undulation determined by GPS/Levelling, gravimetric, and developed GPR models were 1.377, 1.375, 1.375 m, respectively. Thus, the developed GPR model has successfully predicted an accurate geoid height of Kuwait with maximum variation approaches ±0.02 m. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]