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Author:   J.D. Mulholland
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1977 ed.
Volume:   62
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.410kg
ISBN:  

9789027707901

ISBN 10:   9027707901
Pages:   305
Publication Date:   31 January 1977
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Maurice Ewing and the Exploration of the Oceans (Dedicatory address).- Mathematical Modelling of Lunar Laser Measures and their Application to Improvement of Physical Parameters.- I — Lunar Science.- Scientific Expectations in the Selenosciences.- Present Scientific Achievements from Lunar Laser Ranging.- Lunar Dynamics and Selenodesy: Results from Analysis of VLBI and Laser Data.- Free Librations of the Moon from Lunar Laser Ranging.- A Numerical Study of the Effects of Fourth Degree Terms in the Earth-Moon Mutual Potential on Lunar Physical Librations.- Analytical Theory for the Rotation of the Moon.- II — Gravitation.- Verification of the Principle of Equivalence for Massive Bodies.- Consequence of Integral Conservation Laws on Metric Parameters in the Analysis of the Nordtvedt Effect.- III — Geophysics and Geodesy.- Whole Earth Dynamics and Lunar Laser Ranging.- Core-Resonance Effects on the Earth’s Angular Momentum Vector and Rotation Axis — A Generalized Model.- Effects of Oceanic Tides on the Rotation of the Earth.- Dynamics of Polar Motion and Plate Tectonics.- The Role of Extremely Accurate Surveying Techniques in Existing Geodetic Networks.- An Intermediate Term Strategy for Deployment of Mobile Laser Stations.- Suggested Pacific Plate Distortion Experiments.- IV — Observation of Earth Rotation.- On the Problems of the Astrometric Methods and of the Lunar Laser Ranging in the Study of the Earth’s Rotation.- Earth Rotation Study Using Lunar Laser Ranging Data.- Earth Rotation as Inferred from McDonald Observatory Lunar Laser Observations during October 1975.- Accuracy Obtainable for Universal Time and Polar Motion during the Erold Campaign.- McDonald Uto Results and Implications for the Erold Campaign.- Universal Time: Lunar Ranging Results andComparisons with VLBI and Classical Techniques.- V — Complementary Observations.- A Review of Perturbing Parameters which Affect the Quality of Laser Distance Measurements.- Tidal Corrections at McDonald and Haleakala.- Strategy for Geophysical Observations at Laser Sites — McDonald Observatory.- The Deformational Environment of the Haleakala Lunar Laser Ranging Observatory.- The Measurement of the Positions of Points on the Earth’s Surface Using an Absolute Gravimeter and a Multi-Wavelength Geodimeter as Complements to Extraterrestrial Techniques.- Geodesy by Radio Interferometry.- Alsep-Quasar VLBI: Complementary Observable for Laser Ranging.- Laser Ranging Techniques Required to Test Dirac’s Cosmological Model.

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