MARINE GRAVIMETRY FROM AN AIRCRAFT

Abstract

A method is presented for rapidly surveying the gravity field of the earth over that portion of the surface covered with water. The techniques cannot approach the accuracies attainable with stationary gravimeters. The oceans of the earth comprise the majority of the gravimetrically uncharted portion of its surface. Only gravity measurements at sea is discussed in this work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0405138

Entities

People

  • Karl J. Whitaker
  • Wayne T. Frye

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Convection
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Earth Models
  • Gravimeters
  • Ground Speed
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Radar Altimeters
  • Stabilized Platforms

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Oceanography.