Simulation calculation and characteristics analysis of coil motion noise

Coil motion noise is one of the largest noises in airborne electromagnetic exploration, which results from the variations of magnetic flux in the Earth’s magnetic accompanied by the receiver coil’s movement during the flight. On the assumption of attitude measurements, coil motion noise is calculated according to roll, pitch and yaw of the receiver coils. Therefore, the characteristics of coil motion noise are analyzed in time domain, frequency domain and time-frequency domain. And the Gaussianity of coil motion noise is also discussed using the histogram of data and its estimated Gaussian function, and another method termed normal probability paper. All of these are to lay the foundation for removal of coil motion noise in airborne electromagnetic detection.