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Earth Rotation: Solved and Unsolved Problems

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Anny Cazenave

    1. Groupe de Recherche de Géodésie Spatiale, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 187)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. References Systems and Observation of the Earth’s Rotation Parameters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Celestial Reference Systems

      • C. Boucher
      Pages 1-8

    3. The Conceptual and Conventional Definitions of the Earth Rotation Parameters

      • N. Capitaine
      Pages 9-24

    4. How to Measure the Earth Rotation

      • P. Pâquet
      Pages 25-44

    5. Polar Motion and Signal Processing

      • M. Souriau, C. Rosemberg-Borot
      Pages 45-59

    6. Accurate Earth Orientation time Series from vlbi Observations

      • W. E. Carter, D. S. Robertson
      Pages 61-67

  3. Historical and Paleoobservations of the Earth’s Rotation — Secular Variations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Observations of Secular and Decade Changes in the Earth’s Rotation

      • L. V. Morrison, F. R. Stephenson
      Pages 69-78

    3. Earth Rotation and Solid Tides

      • Paul Melchior
      Pages 79-92

    4. Tidal and non Tidal Acceleration of the Earth’s Rotation

      • F. Mignard
      Pages 93-110

    5. Global Climatic Changes and Astronomical Theory of Paleoclimates

      • A. Berger, Chr. Tricot
      Pages 111-129

  4. Short Term Atmospheric and Oceanic Effects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Meteorological Data for Earth Rotation Studies

      • Richard D. Rosen
      Pages 131-136

    3. High Accuracy Earth Rotation and Atmospheric Angular Momemtum

      • J. O. Dickey, T. M. Eubanks, J. A. Steppe
      Pages 137-162

    4. The El-Nino, the Southern Oscillation and the Earth Rotation

      • T. M. Eubanks, J. A. Steppe, J. O. Dickey
      Pages 163-186

    5. The Atmospheric Circulation, the Earth’s Rotation and Solar Activity.

      • D. Djurovic
      Pages 187-192

    6. Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling and Short term Fluctuations of Earth Rotation

      • J.A. Gonella
      Pages 193-201

    7. The Damping of the Chandler Wobble and the Pole Tide

      • S. R. Dickman
      Pages 203-228

  5. Mantle and Core Effects

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      Pages 229-229
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About this book

The idea for organl.zl.ng an Advanced Research Workshop entirely devoted to the Earth rotation was born in 1983 when Professor Raymond Hide suggested this topic to the special NATO panel of global transport mechanism in the Geosciences. Such a specialized meeting did not take place since the GEOP research conference on the rotation of the Earth and polar motion which was held at the Ohio State University (USA) in 1973. In the last ten years, highly precise measurements of the Earth's rotation parameters and new global geophysical data have become available allowing major advance to be made in the under­ standing of the various irregularities affecting the Earth's rotation. The aim of the workshop was to bring together scientists who have made important contributions in this field during the last decade both at the observational and geophysical interpretation levels. The confe­ rence was divided into four main topics. The first session was dedicated to the definition, implementation and maintenance of the terrestrial and celestial reference systems. A few critical points have been identified as requiring further improvements: (i) appro­ priate selection of terrestrial sites recognized for their long term stability, (ii) determination of the relationship between terrestrial and celestial references systems as well as between the various terrestrial ones, (iii) improvment of the theory of a rotating elastic earth (the recently adopted theory needs already some corrections').

Editors and Affiliations

  • Groupe de Recherche de Géodésie Spatiale, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France

    Anny Cazenave

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Earth Rotation: Solved and Unsolved Problems

  • Editors: Anny Cazenave

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4750-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland. 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2333-8Published: 31 October 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8610-3Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4750-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 330

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Geophysics/Geodesy

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