Reference frame requirements and the MERIT campaign

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1982-06

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Ohio State University. Division of Geodetic Science

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This report is an analysis of how satellite, lunar laser, and VLBI stations available during the MERIT Campaign in 1983/84 could contribute to the detection of short periodic variations in the rotational parameters of the earth, as well as to the determination of the differences between the various Conventional Terrestrial and Inertial Reference Frames inherent in the above systems. Specific observational requirements are given both by objective and by country. The report serves as the basis of the recommendations made by COTES (IAG/IAU Joint Working Group on the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conventional Terrestrial Reference System) to the MERIT Steering Committee (CSTG Bulletin, June 9, 1982).

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Prepared for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland: Grant No. NSG 5265, OSURF Project 711055

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