Processed line aeromagnetic data over the Black Coast (1996/97 season)

Survey flights were restricted to times when a minimum of five satellites could be recorded both on the aircraft and at the ground station. The relative Dilution of Precision (RDOP) never rose above 5.0. Post-flight continuous kinematic differential GPS processing was carried out using Trimble GPSurvey software. RMS errors were ca. 0.08 m and the absolute positional accuracy is thought to be better than 5 m. Caesium-vapour magnetometers have a sensitivity of 0.005 nT, but the Dash-7 serves a dominantly logistic role, and so, it cannot provide the same data quality as a dedicated aeromagnetic survey plane. As a result, fourth digital differences (a commonly used figure of merit) for a typical uncompensated flight line are within 1.5 nT and this value drops to below 1 nT after compensation. No values are given for MagC, TCorr, MagRTC, BCorr, MagBRTC and SCorr. These channels are included for compatibility with ADMAP2 convention.