Publications & Research

Scientific contributions in GNSS/INS navigation, airborne gravimetry, and sensor fusion by our founder Dr. David Becker

Publications

2026 Publication
Dale, B., Becker, D., Enzlberger Jensen, T., & Forsberg, R. (2026). DroneSOM—Towards a Drone-Based Gravity Observation System.
2023 Publication
Forsberg, R., Jensen, T., Teitsson, H., & Becker, D. (2023, December). Airborne gravimetry developments-inertial, quantum and drones. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2023, pp. G32A-01).
2023 Publication
Becker, D. & Hinüber, E.. (2023). Multi-pass phase-differential GNSS ambiguity fixing for post-processing applications. 1-40. 10.1109/ISS58390.2023.10361918.
2021 Publication
Johann, F., Becker, D., Becker, M., Hoss, M., Löwer, A., & Förste, C. (2021). The influence of the Earth's magnetic field on strapdown inertial gravimetry using Q-Flex accelerometers: static and dynamic experiments. Journal of Geodesy, 95(9), 107.
2020 Publication
Johann, F., Becker, D., Becker, M., & Ince, E. S. (2020, December). Multi-scenario evaluation of the direct method in strapdown airborne and shipborne gravimetry. In 5th Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM 2019) Proceedings of the Symposium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1–4, 2019 (pp. 15-22). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
2020 Publication
Simav, M., Becker, D., Yildiz, H., & Hoss, M. (2020). Impact of temperature stabilization on the strapdown airborne gravimetry: a case study in Central Turkey. Journal of geodesy, 94(4), 41.
2019 Publication
Johann, F., Becker, D., Becker, M., Forsberg, R., Kadir, M. "The direct method in strapdown airborne gravimetry – a Review" – Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen 5/2019
2018 Publication
Jordan, T. A., & Becker, D. (2018). Investigating the distribution of magmatism at the onset of Gondwana breakup with novel strapdown gravity and aeromagnetic data. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 282, 77-88.
2018 Publication
Schack, P.; Kümmerle, P.; Pail, R.; Becker, D.; Jensen, T. "Performance analyses of the pilot project GraviRied" – International Symposium Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems 2, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016 Publication
Becker, D., Becker, M., Olesen, A. V., Nielsen, J. E., Forsberg, R. „Latest results in strapdown airborne gravimetry using an iMAR RQH unit." – In: Proceedings of the IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016 Thesis
Becker, D. „Advanced Calibration Methods for Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry" – Dissertation at Technische Universitaet Darmstadt. available online at http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/5691/
2015 Publication
Becker, D., Nielsen, J. E., Ayres-Sampaio, D., Forsberg, R., Becker, M., Bastos, L. Drift reduction in strapdown airborne gravimetry using a simple thermal correction. – Journal of Geodesy 89.11, Springer
2015 Publication
Becker, D. (2015, December). Calibration Matters: Advances in Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2015, pp. G34A-02).
2015 Publication
Becker, D., Becker, M. A study of non-stochastic IMU errors in strapdown airborne gravimetry – In: Inertial Sensors and Systems Symposium (ISS), 2015 DGON (pp. 1-18). IEEE.
2014 Publication
Becker, D., Becker, M., Leinen, S., Zhao, Y. Estimability in Strapdown Airborne Vector Gravimetry. – In: International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Proceedings of the 3rd International Gravity Field Service (IGFS) General Assembly, Shanghai, China, June/July 2014
2015 Publication
Deurloo, R., Yan, W., Bos, M., Ayres-Sampaio, D., Magalhães, A., Becker, M., Becker, D. Bastos, L. A Comparison of the Performance of Medium-and High-Quality Inertial Systems Grades for Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, doi 10.1007/1345_2015_18
2015 Publication
Zhao, Y., Becker, M., Becker, D., Leinen, S. Improving the performance of tightly-coupled GPS/INS navigation by using time-differenced GPS-carrier-phase measurements and low-cost MEMS IMU – Journal of Gyroscopy and Navigation, 6(2), 133-142, Springer
2008 Publication
Becker, D., Risler, M.Mutual localization in a team of autonomous robots using acoustic robot detection. In: RoboCup 2008: Robot Soccer World Cup XII. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008. 37-48.

Conference Attendances & Presentations (Excerpt)

Oral
Symposium of the 12th RoboCup, Suzhou, China. Oral presentation: "Mutual localization in a team of autonomous robots using acoustic robot detection"
July 2008
Invited
German National IT-Summit (IT-Gipfel), Darmstadt, Germany (invited)
November 2008
Attendance
DGON POSNAV Symposium, Darmstadt, Germany
November 2011
Attendance
Inertial Sensors and Systems (ISS), Karlsruhe, Germany
September 2012
Poster
IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM), St. Petersburg, Russia. Poster-presentation "A Comparison of the Performance of Medium- and High-quality Inertial Systems Grades for Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry"
September 2013
Oral
The 3rd International Gravity Field Service (IGFS) General Assembly, Shanghai, China, oral presentation: "Estimability in Strapdown Airborne Vector Gravimetry"
July 2014
Oral
26th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic. Oral presentation: "Towards the sub-mGal level: Latest results of strapdown airborne gravimetry"
July 2015
Invited
Inertial Sensors and Systems (ISS), Karlsruhe, Germany. Oral presentation (invited): "A study of non-stochastic IMU errors in strapdown airborne gravimetry"
September 2015
Invited
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. Oral presentation (invited): "Calibration Matters: Advances in Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry"
December 2015
Oral
IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM), St. Petersburg, Russia. Oral presentation: "Latest Results in Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry using an iMAR RQH Unit"
April 2016
Invited
International summer school "Airborne Gravimetry for Geodesy" at NOAA (Washington D.C., USA). Lecture (invited): "Practical Aspects of Strapdown Inertial Gravimetry"
June 2016
Oral
International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems, Thessaloniki, Greece. Oral presentation: "Advances in Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry for Geodetic Applications"
September 2016
Oral
Wegener Meeting, Azores. D. Becker, M. Becker, A. V. Olesen, J. E. Nielsen, R. Forsberg Oral Presentation: "Strapdown airborne gravimetry for local geoid determination"
September 2016
Oral
Autumn meeting of the German "Arbeitskreis Geodäsie/Geophysik" (AK-GG), Annweiler, Germany. Oral presentation: "Strapdown-Fluggravimetrie: Einführung und aktuelle Ergebnisse"
October 2016
Oral
International Workshop on Polar Airborne Geodesy and Geophysics, Dresden, Germany. Oral presentation: "Experiences and prospects for strapdown airborne gravimetry in polar regions"
April 2017
Invited
Autumn meeting of the German "Arbeitskreis Geodäsie/Geophysik" (AK-GG), Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. Oral presentation (invited): "Kalte Atome – was nun? Das Flaschenhalsproblem in der Fluggravimetrie."
October 2019
Attendance
DGON ISS 2023 – Inertial Sensors and Systems – Symposium Gyro Technology, Braunschweig, Germany
October 2023