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Parametric least squares collocation was used in order to study the detection of systematic errors of satellite gradiometer data. For this purpose, simulated data sets with a priori known systematic errors were produced using ground gravity data in the very smooth gravity field of the Canadian plains. Experiments carried out at different satellite altitudes showed that the recovery of bias parameters from the gradiometer “measurements” is possible with high accuracy, especially in the case of crossing tracks. The mean value of the differences (original minus estimated bias parameters) was relatively large compared to the standard deviation of the corresponding second-order derivative component at the corresponding height. This mean value almost vanished when gravity data at ground level were combined with the second-order derivative data set at satellite altitude. In the case of simultaneous estimation of bias and tilt parameters from ∂2 T/∂z 2“measurements”, the recovery of both parameters agreed very well with the collocation error estimation.
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Received: 10 October 1996 / Accepted 25 May 1998
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Arabelos, D., Tscherning, C. Calibration of satellite gradiometer data aided by ground gravity data. Journal of Geodesy 72, 617–625 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001900050201
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