Software Design for an Airborne Gravity Measurement System

Abstract

This report describes the results of a software design study for an airborne gravity measurement system. The software is intended for data acquisition and monitoring aboard a fixed-wing aircraft over oceanic areas, and for the postflight processing required to compute gravity along a flight track. Various requirements of the postflight processing system are discussed. A method to compute gravity from airborne measurements is outlined; as some quantities can be derived from more than one measurement, alternative algorithms, to be used in cases of poor quality or missing data, are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 12, 1987
Accession Number
ADA185000

Entities

People

  • J. D. Clamons
  • J. M. Brozena
  • Mary F. Peters

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Design

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Geodesy
  • Software Engineering.