Science Applications, Part 2

The goals of the Geopotential Research Program are to contribute to the understanding of the solid earth; the origin and evolution of the earth; its internal structure and the dynamics of the core and the mantle; the movements and deformations of the tectonic plates that make up the surface of the earth; its rotational dynamics; the changes in the rotation rate of the earth; the orientation of the pole in space; variations of the gravity and magnetic field of the earth; the origin of the earth and the way in which the solid earth interacts with the oceans and the atmosphere.