CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - EGG -
Full Name 3-Axis Electrostatic Gravity Gradiometer Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies ESA Maturity
Instrument Type Gravity instruments and Precision orbit Geometry
Instrument Technology Gradiometer/accelerometer Sampling Other
Data Access Open Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Main objective to measure the 3 components of the gravity-gradient tensor (i.e. gradiometer data).
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
N/A (N/A)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurementsGeoid
Gravity field
Gravity gradients
Instrument Missions
GOCE - Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (2009 - 2013)