Quantum Gravimeter in Greenland

Quantum gravimeters based on Cold-Atom Interferometry represents one of the most mature quantum technologies with prospects to observe the Earth and it's dynamic processes more detailed than ever before. The time has come to take the technology out of the laboratories and into the field to exploit the improved sensitivity and to challenge the practical capabilities of the instrument. Within the EU Horizon project EQUIP-G we brought the Absolute Quantum Gravimeter (AQG) from the French company Exail to a remote arctic measurement site in Greenland next to the Ilulissat Ice Fjord - a UNESCO World Heritage Site characterized by its natural beauty and fast-moving ice stream with speeds up to 40 metres per day considered the fastest in the world.