Real-time attitude-independent three-axis magnetometer calibration

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-120

  Crassidis, John L ^a   Lai, Kok Lam ^a   Harman, Richard R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Flight Dynamics Analysis Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EARTH (PLANET); GEOMAGNETISM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WHITE NOISE;

COLORED-NOISE ERRORS; CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; CORONAL EXPLORER; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 12744269484     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6278     Document Type: Article

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