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SLR Contribution to Investigation of Polar Motion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Zinovy Malkin
Zinovy Malkin*
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Astronomynab. Kutuzova 10, St.Petersburg 191187, Russia

Abstract

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The Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) technique has been used to determine Earth Rotation Parameters (ERP) for over twenty years. Most of results contributed to the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) are based on analysis of observations of Lageos 1 & 2 satellites collected by the global tracking network of about 40 stations. Now five analysis centers submit operational (with 2–15 days delay) solutions and about ten analysis centers contribute yearly final (up to 23 years) ERP series. Some statistics related to SLR observations and analysis are presented and analyzed. Possible problems in SLR observations and analysis and ways of its solution are discussed.

Type
Part 3. Observational Techniques for Polar Motion
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 178: Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific Problems , 2000 , pp. 267 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

References

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