Marine and Airborne Gravimetry with an Absolute Cold Atom Sensor

Alexis Bonnin, Yannick Bidel, Jeanne Bernard, Cedric Blanchard, Malo Cadoret, Nassim Zahzam, Sylvain Schwartz, Alexandre Bresson

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Abstract

Gravity field mapping from moving vehicles as ship or aircraft allows to cover large regional areas with a spatial resolution ranging from typically 1 to 10 km. In this paper, we present an absolute cold atom gravimeter capable of performing high performance measurements in such dynamical environments. The demonstrated stability and repeatability reached typically few 0.1 × 10-5 m.s-2 in a marine campaign [1] and few 1 ×10-5 m.s-2 in an airborne survey [2]. The intrinsic very high stability of this atom sensor allows to relax many operational constraints linked to drifts or calibration processes and to obtain repeatable and harmonized gravity maps on long time scales.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINERTIAL 2022 - 2022 9th IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665402828
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event9th IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems, INERTIAL 2022 - Avignon, France
Duration: 8 May 202211 May 2022

Publication series

NameINERTIAL 2022 - 2022 9th IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems, Proceedings

Conference

Conference9th IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems, INERTIAL 2022
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityAvignon
Period8/05/2211/05/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • On-board gravimetry
  • cold atom inertial sensor

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