Fluxgate magnetometers
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Descripción
A kind of magnetometer used in aerial surveys consisting of one or more high-magnetic-permeability cores surrounded by primary and secondary windings. The signal picked up by the latter represents the direction and magnitude of the external magnetic field.
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Otros términos
- fluxgate magnetometer [en]
- magnetometers, fluxgate [en]
- flux-gate magnetometers [en]
- saturable core magnetometers [en]