Results from a U.S. Absolute Gravity Survey,

Abstract

Using the recently completed JILA absolute gravity meter, we made a survey of twelve sites in the United States. Over a period of eight weeks, the instrument was driven a total distance of nearly 20,000 km to sites in California, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Maryland and Massachusetts. The time spent in carrying out a measurement at a single location was typically one day. We report the results of the measurements in this survey along with earlier measurements made with the instrument, discuss the measurement accuracy and compare our results with other measurements. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA121229

Entities

People

  • J. E. Faller
  • J. Gschwind
  • Mark A. Zumberge

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Chambers
  • Colorado
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Sets
  • Errors
  • Geophysics
  • Gravimeters
  • Gravity
  • Measurement
  • Michelson Interferometers
  • New Mexico
  • Sites
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Vacuum Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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