In order to get precise Bouguer anomalies, terrain correction is very important. Especially for so called micro gravity surveys, which have been widely applied for various purposes recently, the accuracy of the terrain correction seriously de pends on the grid size of Digital Elevation Model (DEM). We thus studied the relation between the accuracy of the terrain correction and the DEM employed for the calculation with a special attention of its spatial resolution. Practically, the 50 mintervals DEM (50 mDEM) published by the Geo graphical Survey Institute have been widely used for gravity terrain correction in Japan . We there fore decided to estimate the accuracy of terrain correction using 50 mDEM as one of the standard cases. We made 10 mDEM from 1/2, 500 city planning maps and compared the two Bouguer gravity anomalies obtained by using the 50 mDEM and the10 mDEM, respectively. The result shows that about 0.2 mgal or a better terrain correction can be obtained only by using the 50 mDEM in topographically flat areas. However, we need more detailed terrain data in topographically steep mountain areas, or even in flat areas to achieve accurate terrain correction of better than 0.1 mgal.
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