From: Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map
Spatial resolution | Equivalent water height | Geoid | ||
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Monthly field | Long-term trend | Monthly field | Long-term trend | |
Threshold requirements | ||||
400 km | 5 mm | 0.5 mm/yr | 50 μm | 5 μm/yr |
200 km | 10 cm | 1 cm/yr | 0.5 mm | 0.05 mm/yr |
150 km | 50 cm | 5 cm/yr | 1 mm | 0.1 mm/yr |
100 km | 5 m | 0.5 m/yr | 10 mm | 1 mm/yr |
Target objectives | ||||
400 km | 0.5 mm | 0.05 mm/yr | 5 μm | 0.5 μm/yr |
200 km | 1 cm | 0.1 cm/yr | 0.05 mm | 5 μm/yr |
150 km | 5 cm | 0.5 cm/yr | 0.1 mm | 0.01 mm/yr |
100 km | 0.5 m | 0.05 m/yr | 1 mm | 0.1 mm/yr |