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Table 4 Magnetic impact of calibration and characterisation, respectively, for each parameter given in Eq. 13 and the non-linear parameters in Eq. 9

From: Observing Earth’s magnetic environment with the GRACE-FO mission

Parameter

Std (nT)

Min (nT)

Max (nT)

x

y

z

x

y

z

x

y

z

GF1

 \(\mathbf {\Delta B_{\xi }}\)

5.2

6.9

3.8

− 28.1

− 67.9

− 38.6

21.5

25.8

20.3

 \({\Delta B_{\nu }}\)

7.6

9.6

5.4

− 46.0

− 45.8

− 37.5

47.2

75.1

66.3

 \({\Delta B_{\text{MTQ}}}\)

8.6

6.2

6.8

− 230.5

− 209.5

− 578.7

242.5

206.4

263.0

 \({\Delta B_{\text{BAT}}}\)

17.0

29.5

18.4

− 309.4

− 343.1

− 354.2

196.5

536.8

225.6

 \({\Delta B_{\text{SA}}}\)

66.3

112.0

74.4

− 503.4

− 174.3

− 554.2

106.6

863.8

262.1

 \({\Delta B_{\text{BT}}}\)

1.9

3.2

1.6

− 16.2

− 17.8

− 18.2

16.9

28.6

10.4

 \({\Delta B_{\text{ST}}}\)

5.5

2.2

8.1

− 175.8

− 16.0

− 204.1

167.3

20.0

217.5

 \({\Delta B_{\text{cal},\text{NEC}}}\)

7.8

7.9

9.5

− 220.6

− 112.2

− 287.7

217.9

161.8

329.0

GF2

 \({\Delta B_{\xi }}\)

5.1

7.8

4.2

− 17.7

− 28.6

− 19.6

28.7

28.7

34.1

 \({\Delta B_{\nu }}\)

10.1

9.1

5.6

− 100.7

− 49.1

− 48.5

74.0

43.9

35.9

 \({\Delta B_{\text{MTQ}}}\)

10.2

6.6

6.9

− 222.8

− 235.3

− 178.4

226.9

190.7

258.2

 \({\Delta B_{\text{BAT}}}\)

21.1

21.4

18.6

− 131.1

− 87.8

− 100.6

66.8

87.5

136.9

 \({\Delta B_{\text{SA}}}\)

19.2

35.1

29.0

− 60.0

− 184.2

− 230.4

85.0

166.1

117.1

 \({\Delta B_{\text{BT}}}\)

4.1

6.9

4.5

− 44.5

− 26.4

− 11.9

30.1

114.5

81.6

 \({\Delta B_{\text{ST}}}\)

9.3

3.2

14.6

− 273.3

− 26.0

− 390.6

244.0

29.2

317.8

 \({\Delta B_{\text{cal},\text{NEC}}}\)

7.1

8.4

7.7

− 6364.5

− 121.8

− 277.8

180.9

1013.9

7208.9

  1. Results are given in the FGM (SRF) reference frame for GF1 and GF2