Volume 14, Number 6, 692-700, DOI: 10.1007/BF02718080

Accurate determination of calibration factor for tidal gravity observation of a GWR-superconducting gravimeter

He-ping Sun, Xiao-dong Chen, Hou-tze Hsu and Yong Wang

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Abstract

It is recognized widely nowadays that the superconducting gravimeter (SG) is a kind of best relative gravimeter with high observing precision, good continuity and stability. However, it is necessary to calibrate the direct output (change in voltage) by using scale value (calibration factor) before getting the change of the real gravity field. Studies show that the accuracy of the scale value will influence the late analysis and explanation of the observations. By using absolute gravity measurements of a FG5 absolute gravimeter (AG) at Wuhan international tidal gravity fundamental station (two campaigns each for 3 days) and by using known tidal parameters at the same station, the calibration factors of the SG and their precision are studied in detail in this paper.

Key words  superconducting gravimeter - absolute gravimeter - tidal observation - calibration factor - precision analysis

CLC number  P223+.6

Foundation item: National Outstanding Youth Foundation (49925411), State Natural Sciences Foundation of China (49774223) and Knowledge Innovation Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZ952-J1-411, KZCX2-106).

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