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Maximum-variance gradiometer technique for removal of spacecraft-generated disturbances from magnetic field data
Ovidiu Dragoş Constantinescu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Space Plasma and Magnetometry Laboratory, Institute for Space Sciences, Bucharest, Romania
Hans-Ulrich Auster
Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Magda Delva
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
Olaf Hillenmaier
Magson GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Werner Magnes
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
Ferdinand Plaschke
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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We propose a gradiometer-based technique for cleaning multi-sensor magnetic field data acquired on board spacecraft. The technique takes advantage on the fact that the maximum-variance direction of many AC disturbances on board spacecraft does not change over time. We apply the proposed technique to the SOSMAG instrument on board GeoKompsat-2A. We analyse the performance and limitations of the technique and discuss in detail how various disturbances are removed.
We propose a gradiometer-based technique for cleaning multi-sensor magnetic field data acquired...
