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The International Mass Loading Service

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REFAG 2014

Part of the book series: International Association of Geodesy Symposia ((IAG SYMPOSIA,volume 146))

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The International Mass Loading Service computes four loadings: (a) atmospheric pressure loading; (b) land water storage loading; (c) oceanic tidal loading; and (d) non-tidal oceanic loading. The service provides to users the mass loading time series in three forms: (1) pre-computed time series for a list of 884 space geodesy stations; (2) pre-computed time series on the global 1∘× 1∘ grid; and (3) on-demand Internet service for a list of stations and a time range specified by the user. The loading displacements are provided for the time period from 1979.01.01 through present, updated on an hourly basis, and have latencies 8–20 h.

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  1. ADNET Systems, Inc, Falls Church, VA, 22043, USA

    Leonid Petrov

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    Tonie van Dam

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Petrov, L. (2015). The International Mass Loading Service. In: van Dam, T. (eds) REFAG 2014. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 146. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2015_218

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