Calibration and modeling of a dual-axis inclinometer

Precision Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Parker, David H ^a,b   Schwab, Frederic R ^a   Shelton, John W ^a   Weadon, Timothy L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Inclinometer; Radio telescope; Tilt meter

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ANTENNAS; BLOCK CODES; CALIBRATION; ERROR DETECTION; INSTRUMENTS; SPECIFICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ELEVATION ANGLE; INCLINOMETER; TILT METER; VIRTUAL READINGS;

RADIO TELESCOPES;

EID: 19944371159     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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