The new IMGC-02 transportable absolute gravimeter: Measurement apparatus and applications in geophysics and volcanology

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-49

  D'Agostino, Giancarlo ^a   Desogus, Sergio ^a   Germak, Alessandro ^a   Origlia, Claudio ^a   Quagliotti, Danilo ^a   Berrino, Giovanna ^b   Corrado, Gennaro ^c   D'Errico, Vincenzo ^b   Ricciardi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absolute gravimeter; Geophysics; Gravity; Measurements; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA PROCESSING; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; INTERFEROMETRY; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 62549109506     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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