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Improvement of the accuracy of ocean tide model based on the offshore continuous gravity data with atomic gravimeter
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  • Bin Wu,
  • Yin Zhou,
  • Peng Yuan,
  • dianrong Li,
  • Dong Zhu,
  • Bing Cheng,
  • Leyuan Wu,
  • Zhongkun Qiao,
  • Xiaolong Wang,
  • Qiang Lin
Bin Wu
College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology
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Yin Zhou
College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology
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Peng Yuan
College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology
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dianrong Li
Zhejiang University of Technology
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Dong Zhu
College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology
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Bing Cheng
College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technol ogy
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Leyuan Wu
Zhejiang University of Technology
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Zhongkun Qiao
Zhejiang University of Technology

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Xiaolong Wang
College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology
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Qiang Lin
College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology
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Abstract

Marine gravity measurements are critically affected by ocean tides effect. However, the model of ocean tidal loading (OTL) is not accurate enough for offshore high-precision gravity measurement at present. In this paper, we carry out the investigation of gravity variations for the measured location that is far from the shore. Currently, the OTL model calculates the effect of tidal waves globally. However, the influence of local mass changes on gravity measurement should be taken into account, especially when the observed location is far from the shore. For further verification, the gravity measurement experiments are carried out based on a homemade atomic gravimeter at a location, which is 230 m far away from the shore and surrounded by seawater. Even in the harsh measurement environment of the quay, the continuous monitoring of gravity variation has been done for about three days, and the measurement sensitivity of our atomic gravimeter is estimated to be 0.76 mGal$/\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$ for an interrogation time of 110 ms. Moreover, the gravity changes of approximately 170 $\upmu$Gal have been observed with the variation of regional seawater mass, which agree well with the calculated results based on the new modified model of OTL. The results of this paper may be helpful for the high-precision calibration of marine gravimeters.
09 Feb 2023Submitted to ESS Open Archive
13 Feb 2023Published in ESS Open Archive