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Table 1 Results of absolute gravity measurements with FG5 absolute gravimeters at Mizusawa

From: Postseismic gravity changes after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake observed by superconducting gravimeters at Mizusawa, Japan

Year

Date

Serial numbers of FG5/dropping chamber

Effective number of drops

Mean gravity acceleration, µGal

Drop-to-drop scatter, µGal

Standard error of mean gravity, µGal

Instrumental offset, µGal

2015

July 8–10

212/212

8,700

980,146,211.57

13.4

0.14

–

2016

June 25–27

241/212

7,731

980,146,212.17

30.5

0.35

–

2017

June 24–26

212/109

10,712

980,146,207.54

13.5

0.13

–

2018

June 23–25

109/241B

9,875

980,146,213.15

14.1

0.14

 + 8.6

2019

June 29–30

241/212

6,564

980,146,201.94

26.6

0.33

–

2020

October 2–3

241/241

7,669

980,146,195.95

23.7

0.27

–

2021

June 25–27

109/109

14,809

980,146,199.90

8.4

0.07

–

  1. Gravity accelerations are shown in terms of the values at 1.30 m above the floor. The mean gravity for the 2018 experiment is 980,146,204.55 µGal if the instrumental offset is corrected. 1 µGal = 10–8 ms–2