BULLETIN B 202 3 december 2004 Contents are described in the Explanatory Supplement available at http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/ 1 - EARTH ORIENTATION PARAMETERS (IERS evaluation). The values in this section are samplings of section 2 given at five-day intervals. Date MJD x y UT1R-UTC UT1R-TAI dPsi dEpsilon 2004 " " s s 0.001" 0.001" (0h UTC) Final Bulletin B values. OCT 1 53279 .19851 .43151 -.454473 -32.454473 -63.0 -3.9 OCT 6 53284 .20202 .41916 -.456812 -32.456812 -62.3 -4.0 OCT 11 53289 .20320 .40735 -.459633 -32.459633 -61.0 -3.8 OCT 16 53294 .20535 .39480 -.462519 -32.462519 -61.3 -3.2 OCT 21 53299 .20622 .38456 -.464788 -32.464788 -60.3 -3.5 OCT 26 53304 .20546 .37457 -.466688 -32.466688 -59.7 -3.0 OCT 31 53309 .20704 .36360 -.469226 -32.469226 -59.9 -3.0 NOV 5 53314 .20773 .35209 -.471908 -32.471908 -58.1 -3.3 Preliminary extension, to be updated weekly in Bulletin A and monthly in Bulletin B. NOV 10 53319 .20807 .34091 -.475223 -32.475223 -58.2 -2.5 NOV 15 53324 .20764 .32927 -.479059 -32.479059 -58.0 -2.3 NOV 20 53329 .20600 .31774 -.482561 -32.482561 -57.3 -2.3 NOV 25 53334 .20174 .30662 -.485849 -32.485849 -56.5 -.3 NOV 30 53339 .19847 .29572 -.488685 -32.488685 -55.1 -1.7 DEC 5 53344 .19319 .28480 -.491291 -32.491291 -53.6 -1.1 DEC 10 53349 .18695 .27403 -.493565 -32.493565 -54.9 -.6 DEC 15 53354 .17970 .26375 -.495609 -32.495609 -54.3 -.8 DEC 20 53359 .17172 .25404 -.497486 -32.497486 -53.7 -.4 DEC 25 53364 .16310 .24492 -.499241 -32.499241 -54.4 -.4 DEC 30 53369 .15392 .23648 -.500897 -32.500897 -53.0 -.7 JAN 4 53374 .14425 .22874 -.502506 -32.502506 -52.8 -.2 JAN 9 53379 .13415 .22173 -.504078 -32.504078 -54.3 -.4 JAN 14 53384 .12367 .21551 -.505650 -32.505650 -52.7 -.5 JAN 19 53389 .11288 .21009 -.507267 -32.507267 -54.0 -.3 JAN 24 53394 .10186 .20550 -.508946 -32.508946 -53.5 -1.0 JAN 29 53399 .09064 .20177 -.510731 -32.510731 -52.3 -.8 Note. In UT1R, the effects of zonal tides with periods shorter than 35 days are removed ; UT1-UT1R (smaller than 0.0025s in absolute value) should be added after quadratic interpolation of UT1R. Section 2 of this Bulletin gives the daily interpolation of x, y, UT1, duration of day, dPsi, and dEpsilon. IERS, B 202 (2) 2 - SMOOTHED VALUES OF x, y, UT1, D, DPSI, DEPSILON (IERS EVALUATION) at one-day intervals. For smoothing characteristics, see Table2 in the explanatory supplement. The reference system is described in the 2003 IERS Annual Report. 2004 MJD x y UT1-UTC UT1-UT1R D dPsi dEpsilon (0 h UTC) " " s ms ms 0.001" 0.001" OCT 1 53279 .19851 .43151 -.455960 -1.487 .474 -63.0 -3.9 OCT 2 53280 .19910 .42910 -.456361 -1.517 .293 -63.2 -3.9 OCT 3 53281 .19994 .42661 -.456563 -1.321 .132 -63.2 -3.9 OCT 4 53282 .20073 .42402 -.456642 -.934 .034 -63.1 -3.9 OCT 5 53283 .20134 .42185 -.456654 -.417 -.007 -62.8 -3.9 OCT 6 53284 .20202 .41916 -.456654 .157 .052 -62.3 -4.0 OCT 7 53285 .20266 .41675 -.456784 .710 .126 -61.7 -4.1 OCT 8 53286 .20320 .41430 -.456929 1.167 .161 -61.1 -4.2 OCT 9 53287 .20354 .41192 -.457124 1.464 .309 -60.9 -4.1 OCT 10 53288 .20363 .41014 -.457559 1.555 .544 -60.9 -4.0 OCT 11 53289 .20320 .40735 -.458215 1.418 .775 -61.0 -3.8 OCT 12 53290 .20350 .40521 -.459098 1.067 .988 -61.2 -3.6 OCT 13 53291 .20352 .40251 -.460165 .561 1.106 -61.2 -3.4 OCT 14 53292 .20397 .39985 -.461271 .000 1.116 -61.2 -3.3 OCT 15 53293 .20457 .39691 -.462353 -.489 1.036 -61.2 -3.2 OCT 16 53294 .20535 .39480 -.463310 -.791 .797 -61.3 -3.2 OCT 17 53295 .20587 .39245 -.463936 -.838 .407 -61.4 -3.3 OCT 18 53296 .20603 .39035 -.464139 -.634 .133 -61.4 -3.4 OCT 19 53297 .20613 .38857 -.464238 -.256 .009 -61.2 -3.5 OCT 20 53298 .20582 .38621 -.464203 .175 -.009 -60.8 -3.5 OCT 21 53299 .20622 .38456 -.464262 .526 .138 -60.3 -3.5 OCT 22 53300 .20599 .38241 -.464505 .692 .356 -59.8 -3.4 OCT 23 53301 .20605 .38065 -.464980 .623 .570 -59.5 -3.3 OCT 24 53302 .20559 .37887 -.465632 .329 .739 -59.4 -3.2 OCT 25 53303 .20509 .37668 -.466428 -.123 .863 -59.5 -3.1 OCT 26 53304 .20546 .37457 -.467321 -.633 .918 -59.7 -3.0 OCT 27 53305 .20596 .37236 -.468228 -1.089 .874 -59.8 -2.9 OCT 28 53306 .20661 .37000 -.469043 -1.398 .740 -59.9 -2.8 OCT 29 53307 .20722 .36783 -.469695 -1.501 .538 -59.9 -2.8 OCT 30 53308 .20737 .36566 -.470120 -1.379 .285 -59.9 -2.9 OCT 31 53309 .20704 .36360 -.470278 -1.052 .106 -59.9 -3.0 NOV 1 53310 .20721 .36118 -.470353 -.571 -.007 -59.7 -3.1 NOV 2 53311 .20832 .35928 -.470289 -.004 -.050 -59.4 -3.2 NOV 3 53312 .20808 .35694 -.470279 .569 -.008 -59.0 -3.3 NOV 4 53313 .20828 .35481 -.470298 1.073 .084 -58.5 -3.3 NOV 5 53314 .20773 .35209 -.470467 1.442 .274 -58.1 -3.3 NOV 6 53315 .20802 .34939 -.470859 1.624 .525 -57.8 -3.3 NOV 7 53316 .20803 .34669 -.471522 1.592 .781 -57.8 -3.2 NOV 8 53317 .20815 .34445 -.472417 1.342 1.028 -57.8 -3.0 NOV 9 53318 .20812 .34268 -.473560 .906 1.239 -58.0 -2.8 NOV 10 53319 .20807 .34091 -.474862 .360 1.326 -58.2 -2.5 NOV 11 53320 .20817 .33893 -.476171 -.183 1.263 -58.3 -2.3 NOV 12 53321 .20781 .33655 -.477348 -.598 1.106 -58.5 -2.2 NOV 13 53322 .20807 .33422 -.478358 -.782 .870 -58.5 -2.1 NOV 14 53323 .20802 .33185 -.479089 -.702 .538 -58.4 -2.2 NOV 15 53324 .20764 .32927 -.479463 -.404 .348 -58.0 -2.3 NOV 16 53325 .20755 .32663 -.479833 -.005 .343 -57.6 -2.5 NOV 17 53326 .20731 .32448 -.480197 .352 .407 -57.5 -2.7 NOV 18 53327 .20692 .32186 -.480678 .545 .587 -57.5 -2.7 NOV 19 53328 .20684 .31975 -.481381 .511 .820 -57.5 -2.6 NOV 20 53329 .20600 .31774 -.482306 .254 1.023 -57.3 -2.3 NOV 21 53330 .20570 .31534 -.483400 -.163 1.147 -57.3 -1.9 NOV 22 53331 .20512 .31331 -.484566 -.647 1.170 -57.7 -1.5 NOV 23 53332 .20418 .31094 -.485707 -1.095 1.057 -58.2 -1.2 NOV 24 53333 .20320 .30905 -.486655 -1.420 .838 -58.7 -1.0 IERS, B 202 (3) 3 - NORMAL VALUES OF THE EARTH ORIENTATION PARAMETERS AT FIVE-DAY INTERVALS (IERS evaluation). Raw normal values Uncertainties 2004 MJD x y UT1-UTC dPsi dEps x y UT1 dPsi dEps (0 h UTC) " " s 0.001" 0.001" 0.0001s 0.001" OCT 1 53279 .19847 .43149 -.455972 -62.99 -3.93 .01 .01 .03 .09 .04 OCT 6 53284 .20201 .41916 -.456654 -62.25 -3.95 .01 .01 .02 .05 .02 OCT 11 53289 .20319 .40735 -.458216 -61.19 -3.83 .01 .01 .02 .06 .02 OCT 16 53294 .20536 .39480 -.463311 -61.30 -3.17 .01 .01 .02 .10 .05 OCT 21 53299 .20621 .38455 -.464262 -60.26 -3.49 .01 .01 .02 .04 .02 OCT 26 53304 .20546 .37457 -.467322 -59.71 -3.02 .01 .01 .01 .09 .04 OCT 31 53309 .20707 .36358 -.470279 -59.88 -2.91 .02 .01 .02 .09 .04 NOV 5 53314 .20774 .35208 -.470466 -57.97 -3.33 .01 .01 .01 .07 .04 NOV 10 53319 .20805 .34092 -.474862 -58.33 -2.53 .01 .01 .01 .07 .03 NOV 15 53324 .20765 .32925 -.479463 -57.98 -2.30 .02 .01 .02 .19 .10 NOV 20 53329 .20600 .31773 -.482305 -57.29 -2.32 .01 .01 .02 .15 .07 4 - DURATION OF THE DAY AND ANGULAR VELOCITY OF THE EARTH (IERS evaluation). The data of this section are smoothed, with the same characteristics as UT1R in section 1. They are corrected for the effects of zonal tides with periods up to 35 days. Section 2 gives the daily interpolation of D. Date (0h UTC) DR OmegaR 2004 MJD s (microrad/s) OCT 1 53279 .00033 72.921 15119 OCT 6 53284 .00063 15093 OCT 11 53289 .00053 15102 OCT 16 53294 .00062 15094 OCT 21 53299 .00041 15112 OCT 26 53304 .00042 15111 OCT 31 53309 .00053 15102 NOV 5 53314 .00056 15099 5 - INFORMATION ON TIME SCALES No leap second will be introduced in UTC on 31 December 2004. All information concerning time scales : announcements of the leap seconds (Bulletin C) and of the value of DUT1 (Bulletin D) can be found in our web/ftp site : World Wide Web : http://hpiers.obspm.fr Anonymous ftp : hpiers.obspm.fr or 145.238.100.28 IERS, B 202 (4) 6 - SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTED EARTH ORIENTATION PARAMETERS SERIES This section gives the average precision of the individual series contri- buting to the combination and their average agreement with it. The periods covered start at the beginning of the first month in Section 1 and end with the last available value in the individual series considered. The complete list of measurements is available in the electronic-mailed version of Bulletin B in section 7. Units : 0.001" for x,y , 0.0001s for UT1, 0.001" for dPsi, dEpsi. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EOP series Mean formal uncertainty Periods covered Weighted RMS agreement with Bulletin B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x y UT D dPsi dEps Data Number VLBI EOP(AUS) 1 R 01 .12 .11 .05 - .24 .10 14 53279.27 to 53325.23 .15 .13 .04 - .45 .16 EOP(BKG) 3 R 04 .12 .10 .04 - .21 .09 13 53279.27 to 53321.27 .20 .12 .08 - .31 .11 EOP(BKG) 3 R 02 - - .10 - - - 46 53279.81 to 53330.33 - - .09 - - - EOP(GSFC) 4 R 02 .08 .07 .03 - .17 .07 15 53279.27 to 53328.27 .09 .09 .07 - .14 .06 EOP(GSFC) 4 R 01 - - .12 - - - 38 53279.81 to 53332.79 - - .12 - - - EOP(IAA) 3 R 04 .10 .09 .04 - - - 13 53279.27 to 53321.27 .14 .15 .08 - - - EOP(IAA) 3 R 03 - - .11 - - - 46 53279.81 to 53332.79 - - .10 - - - EOP(SPBU) 3 R 03 .33 .38 .20 - .13 .05 12 53279.27 to 53321.27 .09 .16 .08 - .25 .09 EOP(SPBU) 2 R 01 - - .14 - - - 31 53279.81 to 53328.81 - - .13 - - - EOP(MAO) 3 R 01 .11 .09 .04 - - - 13 53279.25 to 53321.28 .22 .13 .06 - - - EOP(USNO) 4 R 01 .09 .08 .03 - .19 .08 15 53279.27 to 53328.27 .11 .11 .07 - .12 .07 EOP(IVS) 0 R 01 .06 .06 .03 - .07 .05 11 53279.00 to 53314.00 .12 .10 .06 - .14 .05 GPS EOP(CODE) 98 P 01 .02 .02 - .18 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .04 .05 - .17 - - EOP(EMR) 96 P 03 .03 .03 - .04 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .08 .12 - .42 - - EOP(ESOC) 96 P 01 .02 .02 - .48 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .05 .06 - .34 - - EOP(GFZ) 96 P 02 .01 .01 - .01 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .05 .06 - .25 - - EOP(IAA) 1 P 01 .03 .03 - .06 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .19 .24 - .61 - - EOP(JPL) 96 P 03 .02 .02 - .13 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .06 .06 - .29 - - EOP(NOAA) 96 P 01 .01 .01 - .02 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .14 .11 - .38 - - EOP(SIO) 96 P 01 .05 .05 - .11 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .05 .07 - .48 - - EOP(IGS F)95 P 02 .02 .02 .07 .04 - - 37 53279.50 to 53315.50 .06 .07 .21 .19 - - EOP(IGS R)96 P 02 .03 .03 .16 .06 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .09 .09 .38 .18 - - EOP(IERS) 97 P 01 .04 .03 .18 .12 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .04 .03 .18 .15 - - SLR EOP(ASI) 3 L 02 .08 .08 - .23 - - 54 53279.50 to 53332.50 .29 .24 - .94 - - EOP(CSR) 95 L 01 .42 .42 .32 - - - 18 53279.72 to 53331.71 .53 .26 .57 - - - EOP(DUT) 98 L 01 .12 .12 - - - - 16 53316.00 to 53333.00 .38 .30 - - - - EOP(IAA) 2 L 01 .05 .05 .03 .03 - - 55 53279.00 to 53333.00 .22 .23 .24 .20 - - EOP(MCC) 97 L 01 .07 .07 - .10 - - 55 53279.00 to 53333.00 .23 .16 - .57 - - Bulletin A EOP(NEOS) 97 C 01 .05 .07 .06 - - - 55 53279.00 to 53333.00 .10 .13 .20 - - -