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On the Contribution of the Geodetic Institute Potsdam to the International Latitude Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Joachim Höpfner
Joachim Höpfner*
Affiliation:
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Division: Kinematics and Dynamics of the Earth, Telegrafenberg A17, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany; e-mail:ho@gfz-potsdam.de

Abstract

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The paper reviews in what ways the Geodetic Institute Potsdam contributed to the foundation of the International Latitude Service (ILS) and took part in its activities through the work of Helmert, Albrecht, Wanach and Mahnkopf. Based on international scientific cooperation, the results were the rectangular coordinates of the polar motion from 1890.0 to 1922.7 at 0.1 year intervals, in particular those derived from the latitude observations at independent stations from 1890.0 to 1899.8, and those derived from the latitude observations at the ILS stations from 1899.9 to 1922.7.

Type
Part 2. History of the International Latitude Service, Bureau International de l’Heure, International Earth Rotation Service and Polar Motion Applications
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 178: Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific Problems , 2000 , pp. 139 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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