Length-of-day and space-geodetic determination of the Earth's variable gravity field
BOURDA, G.
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
BOURDA, G.
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
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Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
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en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Journal of Geodesy. 2008, vol. 82, n° 4-5, p. 295-305
Springer Verlag
English Abstract
The temporal variations of the Earth?s gravity field, nowadays routinely determined from satellite laser ranging (SLR) and GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment), are related to changes in the Earth?s rotation ...Read more >
The temporal variations of the Earth?s gravity field, nowadays routinely determined from satellite laser ranging (SLR) and GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment), are related to changes in the Earth?s rotation rate through the Earth?s inertia tensor. We study this connection from actual data by comparing the traditional length-of-day (LOD) measurements provided by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) to the variations of the degree-2 and order-0 Stokes coefficient of the gravity field determined from fitting the orbits of the LAGEOS-1 and ?2 satellites since 1985. The two series show a good correlation (0.62) and similar annual and semi-annual signals, indicating that the gravity-field-derived LOD is valuable. Our analysis also provides evidence for additional signals common to both series, especially at a period near 120 days, which could be due to hydrological effects.Read less <
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