Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 1854: updated IERS Conventions Chapter 8 and associated routines From: Gérard Petit (IERS Conventions Center) ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2010-03-30 14:16:00 UTC Message No. 1854 ******************************************************************************** Author: G=E9rard Petit (IERS Conventions Center) Subject: updated IERS Conventions Chapter 8 and associated routines Information on the updates to the IERS Conventions The IERS Conventions Center informs of the following update: Chapter 8 ”Tidal Variations in the Earth´s Rotation” has been updated on 26 March 2010, see http://tai.bipm.org/iers/convupdt/convupdt_c8.html. The model to evaluate the effects of zonal Earth tides on the Earth´s=20 rotation has been updated, with software included, and a model to=20 evaluate tidal variations in polar motion and polar motion excitation=20 due to long period ocean tides has been added (from R. Gross). The subroutine RG_ZONT2 is provided to compute the effects of zonal=20 Earth tides on the rotation of the Earth (from R. Gross). G=E9rard Petit and Brian Luzum IERS Conventions Center ---------------------------------------- Gerard Petit Time, frequency and gravimetry department, BIPM Address: Pavillon de Breteuil 92312 Sevres FRANCE Phone: (33)1-45077067 FAX: (33)1-45077059 E-mail: gpetit@bipm.org=20 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Petit?= ********************************************************************************