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Table 2 Estimated calibration and characterisation parameters including units and dimensionality

From: Geomagnetic data from the GOCE satellite mission

Parameter

Description

Unit

Dimension

\(\mathbf {s}\)

Scale factors

\(\frac{\mathrm {nT}}{\mathrm {nT}}\)

3

\(\mathbf {b}\)

Offsets

nT

3

\(\mathbf {u}\)

Misalignment angles

rad

3

\(\mathbf {e}\)

Euler (123) angles

rad

3

\(\underline{\xi }\)

2nd order non-linearity

\(\frac{1}{nT}\)

3 × 6

\(\underline{\nu }\)

3rd order non-linearity

\(\frac{1}{\mathrm {nT}^2}\)

3 × 10

\(\underline{bt}\)

Temperature dependency of offsets b

\(\frac{\mathrm {nT}}{^{\circ }\hbox {C}}\)

3 × 3

\(\underline{st}\)

Temperature dependency of scale factors s

\(\frac{\mathrm {nT}}{\hbox {nT}^{\circ }\hbox {C}}\)

3 × 3

\(\underline{bat}\)

Battery current scale factor

\(\frac{\mathrm {nT}}{\mathrm {mA}}\)

3 × 4

\(\underline{sa}\)

Solar array current scale factor

\(\frac{\mathrm {nT}}{\mathrm {mA}}\)

3 × 2

\(\underline{M}\)

Magnetorquer current scale factor

\(\frac{\mathrm {nT}}{\mathrm {mA}}\)

3 × 3

\(\underline{hk}\)

Housekeeping data scale factor

 

3 × 25