THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Terrestrial measurements of gravity data are limited to only accessible areas. Areas that are not easily accessible due to lack of access route, security, cost etc. are found unfavorable for terrestrial measurements. These among others lead to the development of satellites to fill those gaps. Satell...
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| author | Ahmad Alhassan Okoro Ernest chidi Mohammed Auwal Adamu Salisu Tata Muhammad Shettima Nur Auwal Aliyu Yusuf Abdulhameed |
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| description | Terrestrial measurements of gravity data are limited to only accessible areas. Areas that are not easily accessible due to lack of access route, security, cost etc. are found unfavorable for terrestrial measurements. These among others lead to the development of satellites to fill those gaps. Satellites have been used for data acquisition for years and have recorded a great success in numerous ways. This paper presents the principle of operation of such satellites. The successful geophysical researches carried out using satellite acquired gravity data from existing literature were also discussed. The researches applied the satellite gravity data for numerous applications notably ground water survey, hydrology, geothermal survey, Mineral and hydrocarbon explorations, lithological characterization (Edge/boundary detection, depth estimation), Modeling of magma chamber, volcanic subsurface survey, characterization of upper atmospheric density etc. Satellite gravity survey is found to be very essential and relatively more advantageous compared to terrestrial survey because the human effort in data acquisition is less, it has wider coverage in small time, access to places that cannot be accessed on ground. It is therefore recommended that the functions of the satellites should be further expanded using new innovations like machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to increase efficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-326adfb7d61d4089802dadc5ae4de6db2025-08-20T02:56:43ZengZibeline InternationalGeological Behavior2521-08902521-04912024-03-0181232610.26480/gbr.01.2024.23.26THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONSAhmad Alhassan0Okoro Ernest chidi1Mohammed Auwal Adamu2Salisu Tata3Muhammad Shettima Nur4Auwal Aliyu5Yusuf Abdulhameed6Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Federal University of Kashere, Gombe state, Nigeria.Federal polytechnic Oko Anambra state, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Bauchi State University Gadau, Bauchi State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Bauchi State University Gadau, Bauchi State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Federal University of Kashere, Gombe state, Nigeria.Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Federal University Gashua, Yobe state, NigeriaA.D Rufai College of Education, legal and General studies Misau, Bauchi state, NigeriaTerrestrial measurements of gravity data are limited to only accessible areas. Areas that are not easily accessible due to lack of access route, security, cost etc. are found unfavorable for terrestrial measurements. These among others lead to the development of satellites to fill those gaps. Satellites have been used for data acquisition for years and have recorded a great success in numerous ways. This paper presents the principle of operation of such satellites. The successful geophysical researches carried out using satellite acquired gravity data from existing literature were also discussed. The researches applied the satellite gravity data for numerous applications notably ground water survey, hydrology, geothermal survey, Mineral and hydrocarbon explorations, lithological characterization (Edge/boundary detection, depth estimation), Modeling of magma chamber, volcanic subsurface survey, characterization of upper atmospheric density etc. Satellite gravity survey is found to be very essential and relatively more advantageous compared to terrestrial survey because the human effort in data acquisition is less, it has wider coverage in small time, access to places that cannot be accessed on ground. It is therefore recommended that the functions of the satellites should be further expanded using new innovations like machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to increase efficiency.https://geologicalbehavior.com/archives/1gbr2024/1gbr2024-23-26.pdfsatellitesgravity methodgeophysicsgravimetryearth characterization |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad Alhassan Okoro Ernest chidi Mohammed Auwal Adamu Salisu Tata Muhammad Shettima Nur Auwal Aliyu Yusuf Abdulhameed THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS Geological Behavior satellites gravity method geophysics gravimetry earth characterization |
| title | THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS |
| title_full | THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS |
| title_fullStr | THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS |
| title_short | THE SUCCESS OF SATELLITE GRAVIMETRY IN GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS |
| title_sort | success of satellite gravimetry in geophysical investigations |
| topic | satellites gravity method geophysics gravimetry earth characterization |
| url | https://geologicalbehavior.com/archives/1gbr2024/1gbr2024-23-26.pdf |
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