Calibration of QM-MOURA three-axis magnetometer and gradiometer

Díaz-Michelena, M.; Sanz, R.; Cerdán, M. F.; Fernández, A. B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-1-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-1-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-1-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

Research article

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30 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 30 Jan 2015

Calibration of QM-MOURA three-axis magnetometer and gradiometer

M. Díaz-Michelena, R. Sanz, M. F. Cerdán, and A. B. Fernández

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Final revised paper (published on 30 Jan 2015)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C182: 'Referee Report', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Oct 2014
RC C219: 'Rather superficial exposure of the very regularized calibration process. To this the MOURA instrument is no more included in Mars mission.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Oct 2014
AC C240: 'Rebuttal letter and changes to sections', Marina Díaz-Michelena, 24 Nov 2014
AC C246: 'Figures "fit to page"', Marina Díaz-Michelena, 24 Nov 2014

Short summary

In situ magnetometry is key for planetary mineralogy. However, since magnetic instrumentation is considered secondary in Mars and Moon landers and rovers, magnetometers have often very restricted envelopes of mass, volume and power, and consequently limited functionality. In this work, it is presented the capability of MOURA small magnetometer and gradiometer to open a wide and novel scientific research on Mars mineralogy and paleomagnetism through the very complex calibration process.