Investigation of tidal effects in lunar laser ranging

authored by: J. Müller, V. Tesmer
Abstract: The analysis of lunar laser ranging (LLR) data enables the determination of many parameters of the Earth-Moon system, such as lunar gravity coefficients, reflector and station coordinates which contribute to the realisation of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 (ITRF 2000), Earth orientation parameters [EOPs, which contribute to the global EOP solutions at the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS)] or quantities which parameterise relativistic effects in the solar system. The big advantage of LLR is the long time span of lunar observations (1970-2000). The accuracy of the normal points nowadays is about 1 cm. The capability of LLR to determine tidal parameters is investigated. In principle, it could be assumed that LLR would contribute greatly to the investigation of tidal effects, because the Moon is the most important tide-generating body. In this respect some special topics such as treatment of the permanent tide and the effect of atmospheric loading are addressed and results for the tidal parameters h₂ and l₂ as well as values for the eight main tides are given.
Organisation(s): Institute of Geodesy
External Organisation(s): Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI-TUM)
Type: Article
Journal: Journal of geodesy
Volume: 76
Pages: 232-237
No. of pages: 6
ISSN: 0949-7714
Publication date: 04.2002
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Computers in Earth Sciences
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-001-0239-0 (Access: Unknown)
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BibTeX

@article{a662b233363945a482f6596ca343dab0,
title = "Investigation of tidal effects in lunar laser ranging",
abstract = "The analysis of lunar laser ranging (LLR) data enables the determination of many parameters of the Earth-Moon system, such as lunar gravity coefficients, reflector and station coordinates which contribute to the realisation of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 (ITRF 2000), Earth orientation parameters [EOPs, which contribute to the global EOP solutions at the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS)] or quantities which parameterise relativistic effects in the solar system. The big advantage of LLR is the long time span of lunar observations (1970-2000). The accuracy of the normal points nowadays is about 1 cm. The capability of LLR to determine tidal parameters is investigated. In principle, it could be assumed that LLR would contribute greatly to the investigation of tidal effects, because the Moon is the most important tide-generating body. In this respect some special topics such as treatment of the permanent tide and the effect of atmospheric loading are addressed and results for the tidal parameters h2 and l2 as well as values for the eight main tides are given.",
keywords = "Lunar laser ranging, Tidal effects",
author = "J. M{\"u}ller and V. Tesmer",
year = "2002",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1007/s00190-001-0239-0",
language = "English",
volume = "76",
pages = "232--237",
journal = "Journal of geodesy",
issn = "0949-7714",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "4",
}