Is the instrumental drift of superconducting gravimeters a linear or exponential function of time?

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Van Camp, Michel ^a   Francis, Olivier ^b  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Absolute gravimeter; Instrumental drift; Setup noise; Superconducting gravimeter

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GRAVIMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIEGE [BELGIUM]; MEMBACH; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248372043     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0110-4     Document Type: Article

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