International Association of Geodesy

Earth Rotation and Coordinate Reference Frames: Edinburgh, Scotland, August 10-11, 1989 - International Association of Geodesy Symposia Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 edition

Marc Notes: Proceedings of the General Meeting of the International Association of Geodesy, held in Aug. 1989, in Edinburgh, Scotland.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: and Program.- Earth Rotation: Determination and Prediction.- Accuracy of the Determination or Prediction of Earth Orientation Parameters.- Earth Orientation Determinations: Some Tests of Consistency.- The ZIPE Solution for the Earth s Rotation Parameters and Some Accuracy Estimations.- Satellite Laser Ranging and Orbit Determination at Nottingham University.- Universal Time Prediction Using Both Geodetic and Atmospheric Angular Momentum Data.- Prediction of Polar Motion by Least-Squares Collocation.- Polar Motion Prediction by the Least-Squares Collocation Method.- Earth Rotation Parameters from Optical Astrometry in 1988 not included.- Astrometric Observations of Variations of the Vertical in Japan and the Eastern Part of China not included.- Earth Rotation: Interpretation.- Atmospheric Excitation of the Earth s Rotation.- The Earth-Atmosphere Momentum Budget: Remaining Discrepancies at High and Low Frequencies.- Air and Water Contributions to Polar Motion Excitation.- On Polar Motion Equations Applied for Analysis of the Short Term Atmospheric Excitation.- A 30 60 Day Oscillation in Length-of-Day and Atmospheric Angular Momentum: Extratropical Origin?.- Origin of the 30 60 Day Oscillation in the LOD and Atmospheric Angular Momentum: New Findings from the UCLA General Circulation Model.- A 120-Day Oscillation in Solar Activity and Geophysical Phenomena abstract only.- Numerical Analysis of Earth Rotation and Atmospheric Angular Momentum Parameters.- What Can Nutation Observations Tell Us About the Earth? not included.- Oceanic Tides and Earth Rotation not included.- Study of the High Frequency Structure of Polar Motion Derived from LAGEOS Ranging Data not included.- Reference Frames.- Definition of a Terrestrial Reference Frame Using IRIS VLBI Observations: Approaching Millimeter Accuracy.- Contribution of SLR to Earth Rotation and Terrestrial Reference Frames.- Global Station Coordinates and Earth Rotation Parameters from LAGEOS Laser Ranging.- The IERS Terrestrial Reference Frame abstract only.- The Optimum Conventional Terrestrial System Determined by VLBI and SLR Stations.- The Secular Drift of the Rotation Pole.- The Use of the Celestial Pole Coordinates in the Transformation Between the Celestial and Terrestrial Reference Frames.- Space VLBI: A New Technique for Unification of Reference Frames.- A Terrestrial Reference Frame for Long-Term Monitoring of Crustal Deformation with GPS not included.- Earth-Orientation Parameters and the Terrestrial Reference Frame of the VLBI IRIS-P Network not included.- GINFEST: A Continental Test Network for Evaluation Space Techniques not included.- Comparison of the Accuracy for the Positions of Radio Sources not included.- A Comparison of SLR and VLBI Reference Frames not included.- Author Index."