Observed Gravity (gobs) Gravity readings observed at each Worden measurements are in gravity station after corrections have “divisions”. There is a “dial constant” been applied for instrument drift and in mgals/div. Convert div. earth tides. measurements to mgals. Repeat measurements at a base station. each hour. Remove any trend in the base station – removing a linear trend is the easiest. Latitude Correction (gn) Correction from gobs that accounts gn = 978031.85 (1.0 + 0.005278895 for Earth's elliptical shape and sin2(lat) + 0.000023462 sin4(lat)) rotation. The gravity value that would (mgal) be observed if Earth were a perfect where lat is latitude (no geologic or topographic Taking the derivative w.r.t. lat and complexities), rotating ellipsoid is converting to (m) from (rad) gives a referred to as the normal gravity. correction of: Gravity INCREASES with Δgl = 0.000812 * sin(2 * lat) mgal/m increasing latitude. Correction is ADDED as we move toward the (N-S) equator. Correction is applied ONLY for relitive movement in the N-S direction. Correction for a given latitude is linear over about 1 km. Free Air Corrected The free-air correction accounts for Δgfa = 0.3086h (mgal) Gravity (gfa) gravity variations caused by elevation where h is the elevation (in meters) at differences in the observation which the gravity station is locations. (does NOT include the above/below the datum effect for mass between observed point and the datum) Correction is ADDED for stations ABOVE the datum Correction is SUBTRACTED for stations BELOW the datum Bouguer Slab Corrected The Bouguer correction is a first- Δgb = - 0.04193 ρ h (mgal) Gravity (gb) order correction to account for the excess mass underlying observation ρ is average density of the rocks points located at elevations higher underlying the survey area in gm/cc than the elevation datum (sea level or Correction is SUBTRACTED for the geoid). Conversely, it accounts for stations ABOVE the datum a mass deficiency at observation points located below the elevation Correction is ADDED for stations datum. BELOW the datum Terrain Corrected The Terrain correction accounts for g tc is computed with tables or templates Bouguer Gravity (gtc) variations in the observed or by computer and is ADDED to g obs. gravitational acceleration caused by variations in topography near each observation point. Because of the assumptions made during the Bouguer Slab correction, the terrain correction is positive regardless of whether the local topography consists of a mountain or a valley.
Bouguer gravity is: g obs +/- Δg n +/- Δg fa -/+ Δg b + Δg tc