IERS Conventions 2010
The IERS Conventions (2010) was finalized in October 2010. It is now available as IERS Technical Note 36.
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- Conventions 2010: Full Document (pdf), final version December 15, 2010.
- title page, table of contents, appendix, and glossary of terms (all pdf files)
- Introduction.
- Chapter 1 - General definitions and numerical standards.
- Chapter 2 - Conventional celestial reference system and frame.
- Chapter 3 - Conventional dynamical realization of the ICRS.
- Chapter 4 - Terrestrial reference sytems and frames.
- Chapter 5 - Transformation between the International Terrestrial Reference System and Geocentric Celestial Reference System.
- Chapter 6 - Geopotential.
- Chapter 7 - Displacement of reference points.
- Chapter 8 - Tidal variations in the Earth's rotation.
- Chapter 9 - Models for atmospheric propagation delays.
- Chapter 10 - General relativistic models for space-time coordinates and equations of motion.
- Chapter 11 - General relativistic models for propagation.
There are differences between the final version and the chapters in the latest update to the Conventions (2003). The list below presents only significant changes in the technical content. In addition, typos have been corrected, some words have changed, some references have been improved and the layout of the IERS Technical Notes has been adopted.
- Introduction: Completed some information in Table 0.2.
- Chapter 4: Change equation (4.16) and the following two lines.
- Chapter 7: Change last sentence of section 7.1.3.
- Chapter 7: Correct t0 in equation (7.25) for the conventional mean pole to be 2000.0, not 2010.0.
- Chapter 7: Page 113, 6 lines from bottom, the reference is corrected to Section 7.1.2 (was 7.1.1).
- Chapter 9: Change some text 10 lines after equation (9.12) and 4 lines before equation (9.13).
- Chapter 9: Change title to "Models for atmospheric propagation delays".
Updates to the final version will be posted here as they become available and have undergone the standard reviewing process.