Proceedings of the Annual Gravity Gradiometry Conference (15th) Held in Colorado Springs, Colorado on 11-13 February 1987. Volume 2

Abstract

Topics covered during this conference included the following: (1) Effect of terrain representation, grid spacing, and flight altitude on topographic corrections for airborne gradiometry; (2) Observability of Laplace's Equation using a torsion-type gravity gradiometer; (3) Ratios of gravity gradient, gravity, and geoid for determination of crustal structure; (4) Combining gravity gradiometry with other exploration methods for geophysical prospecting; and (5) Computation of the gravity vector from torsion balance data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA252284

Entities

People

  • Vishnu V. Nevrekar

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Computations
  • Data Processing
  • Detectors
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geodesy
  • Geography
  • Geophysical Prospecting
  • Grids
  • Ground Level
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Surveys
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space