Gravity Equipment Evaluation Range, Cape Charles - Wallops Island, Virginia,
Abstract
The report describes an ocean gravity meter test range established in May 1965 through the cooperative efforts of the U. S. Department of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Administration, Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Department of Defense, U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office. The range, part of a larger survey to be incorporated in an Upper Mantle investigation, was established to provide operational testing facilities for the evaluation of continuous reading sea and airborne gravity meters. The completed project consists of 173 underwater stations spaced over 4800 sq mi. The density distribution is greatest in the vicinity of Cape Charles, Va. (45 stations in 225 sq mi), followed by the Wallops Island region (17 stations in 225 sq mi). This report summarizes the operations and presents data in the vicinity of both of these locations. Tables of gravity data and a gravity contoured chart are included. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0722532
Entities
People
- B. G. Bassinger
- C. H. Gray
- Hyman Orlin