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    Gravimetry is the measurement of the strength of a gravitational field. Gravimetry may be used when either the magnitude of a gravitational field or the...
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    Gal (unit) (category Gravimetry)
    Galileo Galilei, is a unit of acceleration typically used in precision gravimetry. The gal is defined as 1 centimeter per second squared (1 cm/s2). The...
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    gravity, wherein an accelerometer is specifically configured for use in gravimetry, are called gravimeters. Accelerometers are also increasingly used in...
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    between about 340 kilometres (210 mi) and 450 kilometres (280 mi). The gravimetry mission GRACE-FO orbits at about 500 km (310 mi) as did its predecessor...
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    The Iceland hotspot is a hotspot which is partly responsible for the high volcanic activity which has formed the Iceland Plateau and the island of Iceland...
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    hexachloroplatinic acid has been used in the determination of potassium ions by gravimetry. When hexachloroplatinic acid is heated, it decomposes through platinum(IV)...
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    record holder in 1916 at 260,000 bbl. Geophysical studies, in particular gravimetry, starting in 1920 led to the discovery of the Poza Rica Field in 1932...
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    Other quantitative methods include gravimetry, optical atomic spectroscopy, and neutron activation analysis. Gravimetry is where the sample is dissolved...
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  • Gravitational acceleration (category Gravimetry)
    of the bodies; the measurement and analysis of these rates is known as gravimetry. At a fixed point on the surface, the magnitude of Earth's gravity results...
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    telegraph. Furthermore, advances in metrology combined with those of gravimetry have led to a new era of geodesy. If precision metrology had needed the...
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  •  127. ISBN 978-0-19-530786-3. M. Amalvict (2010). "Chapter 12. Absolute gravimetry at BIPM, Sèvres (France), at the time of Dr. Akihiko Sakuma". In Stelios...
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    the deflection of the vertical, as explored in astrogeodetic leveling. Gravimetry is another technique for determining Earth's flattening, as per Clairaut's...
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    Gravity of Earth (category Gravimetry of objects)
    used by Henry Cavendish. The measurement of Earth's gravity is called gravimetry. Currently, the static and time-variable Earth's gravity field parameters...
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    masses of many elements in the periodic table to six figure accuracy. Gravimetry provides very little room for instrumental error and does not require...
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    Geophysics Geochronology Geodynamics (see also Tectonics) Geomagnetism Gravimetry (also part of Geodesy) Seismology Glaciology Hydrogeology Mineralogy Crystallography...
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    require precise measurement of the strength of gravity in laboratories (gravimetry). All approaches would have precisely fixed one or more constants of nature...
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    systems, communication technology, electric and magnetic field sensors, gravimetry as well as geophysical areas of research such as civil engineering and...
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    satellite imagery Reduction (terrain correction) of gravity measurements (gravimetry, physical geodesy) Terrain analysis in geomorphology and physical geography...
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    of the Antarctic ice sheet 1992–2016: reconciling results from GRACE gravimetry with ICESat, ERS1/2 and Envisat altimetry". Journal of Glaciology. 67...
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  • 1983 CW1 Yurii Nikolaevich Avsyuk, Russian geophysicist (specialist in gravimetry and geodynamics) MPC · 3324 3325 TARDIS 1984 JZ The TARDIS, time machine...
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    Many researchers, who use quartz resonators for purposes other than gravimetry, have continued to call the quartz crystal resonator "QCM". Actually,...
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    measurements of the sea surface height (by combined satellite altimetry and gravimetry) or from vertical profiles of seawater density taken by ships or autonomous...
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    G-force (category Gravimetry)
    The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0, not...
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    2002, GRACE and GRACE-FO have remotely monitored ocean changes using gravimetry. The partnership between Argo and satellite measurements has thereby yielded...
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    of the Antarctic ice sheet 1992–2016: reconciling results from GRACE gravimetry with ICESat, ERS1/2 and Envisat altimetry". Journal of Glaciology. 67...
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    GRACE and GRACE-FO (category Gravimetry satellites)
    gravitation data was manufactured by ONERA. GRACE's key measurement, satellite gravimetry, is not derived from electromagnetic waves. Instead, the mission uses...
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    is known for his invention of a precise method for measuring gravity (gravimetry). Thanks to his invention, it became possible to measure gravity at sea...
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    geophysical methods such as aeromagnetic surveys, electrical resistivity, and gravimetry, help identify promising regions to explore. This is aided by isotopic...
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    Despite the setback, by 1964 plans for the development of an Apollo surface gravimetry experiment were underway leveraging the same technologies.: 1  In addition...
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  • have various "milligal anomalies". This essentially revealed the use of gravimetry as a method of silent navigation in US submarines (though this method...
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