Towards a realistic noise modelling of quantum sensors for future satellite gravity missions
arxiv(2024)
摘要
Cold Atom Interferometry accelerometers and gradiometers have emerged as
promising candidates for future gravimetric satellite missions due to their
potential for detecting gravitational forces and gradients with high precision
and accuracy. Mapping the Earth's gravity field from space offers valuable
insights into climate change, hydro- and biosphere evolution, and seismic
activity prediction. Current satellite gravimetry missions have demonstrated
the utility of gravity data in understanding global mass transport phenomena,
climate dynamics, and geological processes. However, state-of-the-art
measurement techniques face noise and long-term drift limitations, which might
propagate on the recovery of Earth's time-varying gravity field. Quantum
sensors, particularly atom interferometry-based devices, offer promise for
improving the accuracy and stability of space-based gravity measurements. This
study explores the sensitivity of CAI accelerometers and gradiometers. We
explore the low-low satellite-to-satellite and gravity gradiometry measurements
to build analytical models of measurements and associated errors. We selected
an ambitious scenario for CAI parameters that illustrates a potential path for
increasing instrument accuracies and capabilities for space gravimetry. Two
operational modes, concurrent and sequential, are compared to mitigate the
effects of inaccurately known attitude rates on Coriolis accelerations. The
sequential mode shows the potential to reduce these effects, enabling accurate
measurements for low-low Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking missions in the near
future. Attitude determination is discussed, highlighting the importance of
accurate measurements to reconstruct Coriolis accelerations and related to
errors in the reference frame rotation from body or local frames to the Earth
co-rotating frame.
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