Precession, Nutation and Wobble of the Earth

ISBN-13: 9781107465824 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 552 str.

V. Dehant; P. M. Mathews

Opis

This book describes how changes in Earth's orientation are observed and computed in terms of tidal forcing and models of Earth's interior.

Spis treści

Preface; List of acronyms; 1. Introduction, fundamental definitions and motivation; 2. Concepts and elementary theory; 3. Reference systems and frames; 4. Observational techniques: ephemerides; 5. Rigid Earth precession and nutation; 6. Deformable Earth and Love numbers; 7. Nutations of a non-rigid Earth; 8. Anelasticity; 9. Ocean and atmospheric corrections; 10. Refinements of nonrigid nutation; 11. Comparison observation-theory; 12. Conventions; 13. Mars nutations; Appendix A. Rotation representation; Appendix B. Clairaut theory; Appendix C. Definitions of equinoxes; Bibliography; Index.