TY  - BOOK
AU  - Soffel,Michael
AU  - Langhans,Ralf
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Space-Time Reference Systems
T2  - Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
SN  - 9783642302268
AV  - QB4 
U1  - 520 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Physics
KW  - Geophysics
KW  - Gravitation
KW  - Observations, Astronomical
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Observations
KW  - Space sciences
KW  - Physical measurements
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Aerospace engineering
KW  - Astronautics
KW  - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
KW  - Geophysics/Geodesy
KW  - Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
KW  - Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
KW  - Measurement Science and Instrumentation
KW  - Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
N1  - List of Symbols -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Time -- 3 Space-Time -- 4 Barycentric Dynamical Reference System -- 5 Classical Astronomical Coordinates -- 6 Astrometry -- 7 Celestial Reference System -- 8 Terrestrial Reference System -- 9 From the GCRS to the ITRS -- 10 Astronomical Software – Yearbooks -- 11 Astronomical constants -- References -- List of acronyms -- Appendix A: Solutions to Exercises -- Appendix B: Description of the AstroRef Package -- Index 304
N2  - The high accuracy of modern astronomical spatial-temporal reference systems has made them considerably complex. This book offers a comprehensive overview of such systems. It begins with a discussion of ‘The Problem of Time’, including recent developments in the art of clock making (e.g., optical clocks) and various time scales. The authors address  the definitions and realization of spatial coordinates by reference to remote celestial objects such as quasars. After an extensive treatment of classical equinox-based coordinates, new paradigms for setting up a celestial reference system are introduced that no longer refer to the translational and rotational motion of the Earth. The role of relativity in the definition and realization of such systems is clarified. The topics presented in this book are complemented by exercises (with solutions). The authors offer a series of files, written in Maple, a standard computer algebra system, to help readers get a feel for the various models and orders of magnitude. Beyond astrometry, the main fields of application of high-precision astronomical spatial-temporal reference systems and frames are navigation (GPS, interplanetary spacecraft navigation) and global geodynamics, which provide a high-precision Celestial Reference System and its link to any terrestrial spatial-temporal reference system. Mankind’s urgent environmental questions can only be answered in the context of appropriate reference systems in which both aspects, space and time, are realized with a sufficiently high level of accuracy. This book addresses all those interested in high-precision reference systems and the various techniques (GPS, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Satellite Laser Ranging, Lunar Laser Ranging) necessary for their realization, including the production and dissemination of time signals.  
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30226-8
ER  -