IERS Conventions 1996 (Technical Note 21)

The following are the chapters, subroutines, and associated information from the 1996 IERS Conventions (Technical Note 21).

• IERS Conventions - The entire 1996 IERS Conventions (PS).  IERS Conventions - The master document for the 1996 IERS Conventions (TeX).
• Title Page - The title page for the IERS Conventions (TeX).
• Table of Contents - The table of contents for the IERS Conventions (TeX).
• Errata - The list of errata for the IERS Conventions (ASCII).
• Introduction - The introduction for the IERS Conventions (TeX).
• Chapter 1 - Conventional Celestial Reference Frame (TeX).
  • Guide to the ICRF94 - Provides information concerning the ICRF94.
• Chapter 2 - Conventional Dynamical Reference Frame (TeX).
  • Read me file for DE403 - Provides information concerning the retrieval and use of the DE403.
• Chapter 3 - Conventional Terrestrial Reference Frame (TeX).
  • Information on the ITRF94 - Provides information concerning the ITRF94.
  • GEOD subroutine - Transforms Cartesian coordinates to geodetic coordinates. 
  • ABSMO_Nuvel subroutine - Computes the new site position at time t from the old site position at time t0 using the recommended plate motion model.
• Chapter 4 - Numerical Standards (TeX).
• Chapter 5 - Transformation Between the Celestial and Terrestrial Systems (TeX).
  • KSV_1996_3 subroutine - Produces the celestial pole offsets dpsi and depsilon.  
• Chapter 6 - Geopotential (TeX).
  • JGM3 - The Joint Gravity Model (JGM) 3.
  • Ocean Tide Harmonics - Information concerning the recommended ocean tide harmonics.
• Chapter 7 - Site Displacement (TeX).
  • Angular Argument subroutine - A FORTRAN subroutine to return the proper angular argument to be used with the Schwiderski phases.
  • Ocean Loading - Information concerning the site displacement due to ocean loading at various sites.
  • Tidal Correction Computation - Program to compute the site displacement due to the luni-solar tides.
  • Atmospheric Pressure Corrections - Table of regression coefficients relating the atmospheric pressure to radial surface displacements.
  • Post-glacial Rebound Corrections - Table of the theoretical three-dimensional motion of various sites due to post-glacial rebound.
• Chapter 8 - Tidal Variations in the Earth's Rotation (TeX).
  • Diurnal/Semidiurnal Tide subroutine - A subroutine to correct for the diurnal and semidurnal tides.
• Chapter 9 - Tropospheric Model (TeX).
• Chapter 10 - Radiation Pressure Reflectance Model (TeX).
• Chapter 11 - General Relativistic Models for Time, Coordinates and Equations of Motion (TeX).
  • Fairhead, Bretagnon, and Lestrade model - A subroutine to implement the FBL model.
  • Fairhead, Bretagnon, and Lestrade results - The results of the FBL subroutine.
• Chapter 12 - General Relativistic Models for Propagation (TeX).
• Glossary - The glossary in TeX for the IERS Conventions (TeX).