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.