Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1194
Release: 1972
Genre: Government publications
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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.

A Cross-coupling Computer for the Oceanographer's Askania Gravity Meter

A Cross-coupling Computer for the Oceanographer's Askania Gravity Meter
Author: Carl A. Pearson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1974
Genre: Flattery, Cape (Wash.)
ISBN:

A cross-coupling computer has been built for the NOAA ship Oceanographer's Askania GSS 2 gravity meter. Beam deflection and surge acceleration signals are obtained, respectively, from the gravity meter and its associated Anshutz gyro table. These are multiplied electronically and filtered to give computed cross-coupling error. Cross-coupling error is recorded on an analog recorder, and encoded for processing by the shipboard computer. Comparison of trackline crossings where significant cross coupling was recorded showed that the average crossing discrepancy was reduced from 14.5 milligals (mgal) to 2.5 mgal when corrected. On a traverse of the Cape Flattery gravity range, gravity error was reduced from an average of about 12 mgal to about 1 mgal by correcting for cross coupling.