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An Improved Polar Motion and Earth Rotation Monitoring Service Using Radio Interferometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

William E. Carter ,
Douglas S. Robertson  and
Michael D. Abell
William E. Carter
Affiliation:
National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20852, U.S.A.
Douglas S. Robertson
Affiliation:
National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20852, U.S.A.
Michael D. Abell
Affiliation:
National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20852, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) of the National Ocean Survey (NOS), a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has begun a project to establish and operate a 3-station network of permanent observatories to monitor polar-motion and Earth rotation (UT1) by radio interferometric observations of quasars. The project designation is POLARIS (POLar-motion Analysis by Radio Interferometric Surveying).

The POLARIS observatories will be equipped with a new generation of instrumentation and software, the Mark III data acquisition and processing system currently under development by a multi-organizational team.

Type
Part IV: Radio Interferometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 82: Time and the Earth's Rotation , 1979 , pp. 191 - 197
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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