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Ing. Vojtech Pálinkáš, Ph.D.

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Qualifications:

  • 1992-1997 - Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Geodesy, Masters's Study Programme (internal). Master Thesis: "Problems of Heights in Mountain Areas"
  • 1997-2004 - Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Geodesy, Doctoral Study Programme (external). Doctor Thesis: "Monitoring of Geodynamic Phenomena in Gravity Field at the Geodetic Observatory Pecný"

Professional Experience:

  • 1998 - 2000: Land Survey Office, Department of Leveling and Gravimetry
  • 2000 - present: Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography (RIGTC), Department of Geodesy and Geodynamics (specialization - gravimetry)

Skills:

  • Programming (Turbo Pascal, Matlab)
  • Tsoft, Eterna, g
  • Languages (English, Russian, Hungarian)

Membership in International Groups:

  • Study Group 2.1.1 on Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (IAG Sub-Commission 2.1 "Gravimetry and Gravity networks")
  • Consultative Committee on Mass and Related Quantities, Working Group on Gravimetry
  • Steering commitee for the International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters in 2009, organised by Bureau International des Poids et Mesures.

Ing. Vojtech Pálinkáš, Ph.D.

Projects:

  • 2000 - 2004: Experimental Research of the Dynamic of the Earth and its Surface, project No. LN00A005 supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
  • 2003 - 2008: Development of Geodetic Observation Systems for Geodynamics in Scope of CEGRN Consortium (project KONTAKT - Central European Initiative ME711MŠMT)
  • 2005 - 2010: Recent Dynamics of the Earth, project No. LC506 supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

Related Professional Experience:

  • Absolute gravity measurements with the FG5#215 gravimeter - including maintenance of the meter.
  • Relative gravity measurements with spring type of meters (L&R, Burris) oriented mainly for theirs utilization for continual gravity measurements and microgravimetry.
  • Operation of the superconducting gravimeter.
  • Analysis of gravity signal from mentioned gravimeters.
  • Study of disturbing effects on the gravimeters (instrumental components, temperature, magnetic field, humidity)
  • Tuning of the gravimeters.
  • Study of tidal and non-tidal gravity variations.
  • Study of meteorological and hydrological effects on the gravity measurements.
  • Metrology in gravimetry.

Ing. Vojtech Pálinkáš, Ph.D.

Publications:

  • Pálinkáš, V., Kostelecký, J. (ml.), Šimek, J. Metrology of the gravity acceleration in the Czech Republic. Metrologie, 10, 2001, Vol. 3, 15-19. (in Czech)
  • Kostelecký, J. (ml.), Pálinkáš, V., Šimon, Z. Measurements of gravity acceleration and the absolute gravimeter FG5 No. 215 at the Geodetic Observatory Pecný. Geodetický a kartografický obzor, 48 (90), 2002, Vol.11, 205-214. (in Czech)
  • Pálinkáš, V., Kostelecký, J. (jr.). One Year of Repeated Measurements by the Absolute Gravimeter FG5 No. 215 and Calibration of Tidal Gravimeters by Absolute Gravity Measurements. In: I. N. Tziavos (ed), Proceedings of the 3 rd  Meeting of the IGGC: Gravity and Geoid 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece. Editions Ziti, 2003, 61-65.
  • Pálinkáš, V. A MVR Feedback Signal Calibration with the Gravimeter LaCoste & Romberg G 137. In: I. N. Tziavos (ed), Proceedings of the 3 rd  Meeting of the IGGC: Gravity and Geoid 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece. Editions Ziti, 2003, 70-75.
  • Pálinkáš, V., Kašpar, P., Lederer, M. Effect of the Magnetic Field on LCR Gravimeters. Cahiers du ECGS, 2003, vol. 22, pp. 89-93. ISBN 2-9599804-7-6.
  • Kostelecký, J. (ml.), Pálinkáš, V. Absolute gravimeter FG5 No. 215. Československý časopis pro fyziku, 4/2004, svazek 54. (in Czech)
  • Pálinkáš, V., Kostelecký, J. Absolute Gravimeter FG5 No. 215 at the Geodetic Observatory Pecný. 50 years of the RIGTC, Jubilee Proceedings 1994-2004, Zdiby, 2005, 113-120.
  • Brož, J., Šimon Z., Pálinkáš V. The Gravimetric Tidal Station Pecný. 50 years of the RIGTC, Jubilee Proceedings 1994-2004, Zdiby, 2005, 121-130.
  • Pálinkáš, V. Precise Tidal Measurements by Spring Gravimeters at the Station Pecný. Journal of Geodynamics, Volume 41, Issues 1-3, 2006, 14-22.
  • Šimon, Z., Šimek, J., Pálinkáš, V., Kostelecký, J. (jr.). Description of the Absolute Gravity Station Pecný, the Czech Republic. Cahiers du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie, Volume 26, 2006, 33-35.
  • Lederer, M., Pálinkáš, V., Kostelecký, J. (ml.). Repeated absolute gravity measurements in the Czech gravimetric network. Geodetický a kartografický obzor. 52/96, 2006, Vol. 6, 101-109. (in Czech)
  • Pálinkáš, V. Fringe Signal Effect on the Absolute Gravimeter FG5 No. 215. Proceeding of the 1st International Symposium of the International Gravity Field Service, Harita Dergisi , 73/18, 2007, 398-400.
  • Pálinkáš, V., Šimek, J., Kostelecký, J. (ml.). National standard of gravity acceleration – the absolute gravimeter FG5 No. 215. Metrologie, 2/2008, 12-18. (in Czech)
  • Pálinkáš, V., Šimek, J. Gravity acceleration – definition, measurements, importance and utilisation. Metrologie, 2/2008, 18-20. (in Czech)
  • Pálinkáš, V. Gravimetry at the Pecný Station/RIGTC. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements, Saint Petersburg, August 2007, 162-167.
  • Lederer, M., Pálinkáš, V. Precise Determination of Vertical Gravity Gradients in the Czech Gravity Network. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements, Saint Petersburg, August 2007, 167-172.
  • Merlet, S., Francis, O., Palinkas, V., Kostelecký, J. (jr.), Le Moigne, N., Jacobs, T., Geneves, G. Absolute Gravity Measurements at LNE. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Terrestrial Gravim
  • Jiang Z., M. Becker, O. Francis, A. Germak, V. Palinkas. Relative Gravity Measurement Campaign during the 7th International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (2005). Metrologia, 2009, Volume 46, Issue 3, 214-226.
  • Pálinkáš, V., Kostelecký, J., Šimek, J. A Feasibility of Absolute Gravity Measurements in Geodynamics. Acta Geodynamica et Geomateriala, Vol. 7, No. 1(157), 2010, 61-69.