Final report on absolute gravimeter intercomparison (EURAMET Project no. 1093)

in Metrologia (2010), 47(1A), 07008

An interlaboratory comparison (Euramet Project 1039) of three absolute gravimeters was carried out between the national metrology institutes of Luxembourg, Belgium and Switzerland (University of ... [more ▼]

An interlaboratory comparison (Euramet Project 1039) of three absolute gravimeters was carried out between the national metrology institutes of Luxembourg, Belgium and Switzerland (University of Luxembourg/ECGS, Royal Observatory of Belgium and Federal Office for Metrology METAS). The comparison was hosted in the Underground Laboratory for Geodynamics in Walferdange. The obtained results confirm a perfect agreement between the instruments used with respective expanded uncertainties ( k = 2) of 4.25 µGal. Finally, a link to the Euramet project 1030 shows that the three gravimeters are coherent with the 19 other gravimeters. Main text. To reach the main text of this paper, click on Final Report [http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/final_reports/M/G-S1/EURAMET.M.G-S1.pdf] . Note that this text is that which appears in Appendix B of the BIPM key comparison database kcdb.bipm.org/ [http://kcdb.bipm.org/] . The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by EURAMET, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). [less ▲]

Results of the European Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters in Walferdange (Luxembourg) of November 2007

in Gravity, Geoid and Earth Observation (2010)

The second international comparison of absolute gravimeters was held in Walferdange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in November 2007, in which twenty absolute gravimeters took part. A short description of the ... [more ▼]

The second international comparison of absolute gravimeters was held in Walferdange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in November 2007, in which twenty absolute gravimeters took part. A short description of the data processing and adjustments will be presented here and will be followed by the presentation of the results. Two different methods were applied to estimate the relative offsets between the gravimeters. We show that the results are equivalent as the uncertainties of both adjustments overlap. The absolute gravity meters agree with one another with a standard deviation of 2 μgal (1 gal = 1 cm/s2). [less ▲]

欧洲绝对重力仪比对观测 (ECGS’07)

in 地球物理学进展 (Progress in Geophysics) (2009), 24(6), 2054-2057

Relative Gravity Measurement Campaign during the 7th International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (2005)

in Metrologia (2009), 46(3), 214

Since the 1st International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (ICAG) and accompanying Relative Gravity Campaign (RGC) held at the BIPM in 1981, repeated ICAG-RGCs have been organized every four years. A ... [more ▼]

Since the 1st International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (ICAG) and accompanying Relative Gravity Campaign (RGC) held at the BIPM in 1981, repeated ICAG-RGCs have been organized every four years. A total of 19 absolute gravimeters (AG) and 15 relative gravimeters (RG) participated in the 7th ICAG-RGC, which took place in 2005. Co-located absolute and relative gravity measurements as well as precision levelling measurements were carried out. The final version of the absolute g values of the 7th ICAG has been officially released recently. This paper is the final report of the 7th RGC and replaces the preliminary results published earlier. It covers the organization of the RGC and the data processing, analyses RG behaviour, computes g , δ g and O AG (offset of AG) and discusses their uncertainties. In preparation for the BIPM key comparison ICAG-2009, a standard data-processing procedure has been developed and installed in the BIPM ICAG-RGC software package, GraviSoft. This was used for the final data processing. [less ▲]

Absolute gravity measurements at the Conrad Observatorium in Austria in June 2008

Report (2008)

Investigations of characteristics of gravimetric sites intended for high-accuracy measurements

in Peshekhonov, Vladimir (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: static and mobile measurements (2008)

Absolute Gravity Measurements at LNE

in Peshekhonov, Vladimir (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: static and mobile measurements (2008)

Elastic uplift in southeast Greenland due to rapid ice mass lost

in Geophysical Research Letters (2007), 34(L21701), 1-6

The rapid unloading of ice from the southeastern sector of the Greenland ice sheet between 2001 and 2006 caused an elastic uplift of ~35 mm at a GPS site in Kulusuk. Most of the uplift results from ice ... [more ▼]

The rapid unloading of ice from the southeastern sector of the Greenland ice sheet between 2001 and 2006 caused an elastic uplift of ~35 mm at a GPS site in Kulusuk. Most of the uplift results from ice dynamic-induced volume losses on two nearby outlet glaciers. Volume loss from Helheim Glacier, calculated from sequential digital elevation models, contributes about ~16 mm of the observed uplift, with an additional ~5 mm from volume loss of Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier. The remaining uplift signal is attributed to significant melt-induced ice volume loss from the ice sheet margin along the southeast coast between 62°N and 66°N. [less ▲]

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

in Journal of Geodesy (2007), 81(5), 337-344

Measurements of the acceleration due to gravity at the gravity laboratory of the National Institute of Metrological Research Turin (Italy)

Report (2006)