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Absolute gravity measurements on the canadian gravity standardization network

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Absolute measurements of gravity have been made at 6 locations ranging from Ottawa, Ont., in southern Canada, to Alert, N.W.T., the world's most northerly permanent settlement, as part of a program to provide scale and level for the Canadian Gravity Standardization Network (CGSN). Except at Resolute, N.W.T., CGSN-74 gravity values, upon which our gravity reductions are currently based, agree with the absolute gravity meter results to within about .25µm/s2. The scale of our CGSN-80 gravity network, upon which our spring-balance type gravity meter scale constants are derived, agrees with the scale defined by the absolute gravity measurements to within about one part in ten thousand.

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  1. Geophysics Division, Geological Survey of Canada, #1 Observatory Crescent, K1A 0Y3, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    A. K. Goodacre, J. O. Liard, P. N. Courtier, R. V. Cooper, P. J. Winter & R. K. McConnell

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Goodacre, A.K., Liard, J.O., Courtier, P.N. et al. Absolute gravity measurements on the canadian gravity standardization network. Bulletin Géodésique 65, 170–178 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00806346

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