IERS CONVENTIONS (2003)
Dennis D. McCarthy and Gérard Petit (eds.)
IERS Convention Centre
(IERS Technical Note No. 32)
Dennis D. McCarthy
dmc@maia.usno.navy.mil
U.S. Naval Observatory
Earth Orientation Departement
3450 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
USA
Gérard Petit
gpetit@bipm.org
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
Pavillon de Breteuil
92312 Sèvres Cedex
France
Bibliographic details:
IERS Conventions (2003). Dennis D. McCarthy and Gérard Petit. (IERS Technical Note ; 32) Frankfurt am Main: Verlag des Bundesamts für Kartographie und Geodäsie, 2004. 127 pp., paperback, ISBN 3-89888-884-3 (print version)
Please note:
After the completion of Conventions (2003), work has started to prepare future updates. The updated version of the IERS Conventions is available as a working version at IERS Conventions Center. It is not definitive nor officially approved.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
General Definitions and Numerical Standards (PDF, 209KB)
Chapter 2
Conventional Celestial Reference System and Frame (PDF, 162KB)
Chapter 3
Conventional Dynamical Realization of the ICRS (PDF, 164KB)
Chapter 4
Conventional Terrestrial Reference System and Frame (PDF, 420KB)
Chapter 5
Transformation Between the Celestial and Terrestrial Systems (PDF, 408KB)
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Displacement of Reference Points (PDF, 340KB)
Chapter 8
Tidal Variations in the Earth's Rotation (PDF, 168KB)
Chapter 9
Tropospheric Model (PDF, 160KB)
Chapter 10
General Relativistic Models for Space-time Coordinates and Equations of Motion (PDF, 201KB)
Chapter 11
General Relativistic Models for Propagation (PDF, 215KB)
Appendix
IAU Resolutions Adopted at the XXIVth General Assembly (PDF, 207KB)
