Accession Number:

AD0288246

Title:

RELIABILITY AT SEA OF LACOSTE-ROMBERG SURFACE-SHIP GRAVITY METER S-9 WHEN ACCELEROMETER DAMPING IS 0.75 THAT OF CRITICAL

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

TEXAS A AND M UNIV COLLEGE STATION

Personal Author(s):

• DEHLINGER,PETER
• JONES,B.R.

Report Date:

1962-09-20

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

r ad i L C O -R O B RG URFAC - IP GRAVITY METER S-9 while its horizontal accelerometer were 0. 5 cri ically d ped. These t sts supersede those reported pr viou ly i ic cc l romet r re over p P RFOR C OF THE MET R WI H T E EW CC L ROME R IS A VERY SIGNIFICA T IMPROVEMENT OVER THAT WITH OVER MPE CCEL RO R B O H TH Y IC R O ERRORS H VE B GREATLY REDUC D HEN B ROW CORR CTIONS ARE LOW TO MODERATE. Measurements with the present meter at Browne corrections below 275 gal were found to be reliable and r uire o e pirical correc io o B RO CORR CTIONS GREATER THAN GAL 3 -5 R OBSERV TO BE IN CO ST T RROR ALONG NY ONE PROFILE IN AN UNC ANGING SE . Presu bly the error a he l rg r ccel r ion i of elec ronic origin, in hic c se it can be eli i a . I v s ig tio will be made into th source of the difficulty wh n corr c , fur r ill be a e Bro corr c io larger th g l. As a r sul of e tests, the ano ali obtai fro asure t i er S-9 since F EBRU RY, T Bro e corrections con ist ntly belo 275 gal can be considered correct in absolute value those obtained at corrections consistently above 275 g l ca , to a fir pprogi io , b considere in ic iv of o ly v ri io bu i correct i ab oluc v lu U OR

Descriptors:

• *GRAVITY
• INSTRUMENTATION
• MEASUREMENT
• OCEANS
• RELIABILITY
• SHIPS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE