free-air anomaly
free-air anomaly The gravitational acceleration remaining after correction of a measurement for the theoretical gravity, usually the International Gravity Reference Field, and by the free-air correction. No correction has been made for the gravitational attraction of rocks between the observing station and the reference datum, which is usually sea level.
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