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Precise calibration method for triaxial magnetometers not requiring Earth's field compensation

Instrumentation and Detectors 2019-09-23 v1 Geophysics

Abstract

A calibration procedure for calibrations of triaxial magnetometers is presented. The procedure uses a triaxial Helmholtz coil system and an Overhauser scalar magnetometer and is performed in the Earth's field range. The triaxial coils are first calibrated with the Overhauser magnetometer, and subsequently, a triaxial magnetometer calibration is performed. As opposed to other calibration approaches, neither Earth's field nulling system nor movements of the magnetometer are needed. A real calibration test was carried out-the extended calibration uncertainty was better than 430 ppm in sensitivity and 0.06{\deg} in orthogonality.

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@article{arxiv.1909.09477,
  title  = {Precise calibration method for triaxial magnetometers not requiring Earth's field compensation},
  author = {Ales Zikmund and Michal Janosek and Michal Ulvr and Jan Kupec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.09477},
  year   = {2019}
}
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