Dennis D. McCarthy is a former director of time at the United States Naval Observatory. McCarthy also works for the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service.[1][2] In recognition of his work on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation, McCarthy was inducted into the Naval Oceanography Hall of Fame on 6 April 2023 at a ceremony hosted by the U.S. Naval Observatory.[3]
Selected publications
editBooks
edit- McCarthy, Dennis D.; Pilkington, John D.H. (1979). Time and the Earth's Rotation. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-277-0892-2.
- McCarthy, Dennis D.; Carter, William E., eds. (1990). Variations in Earth Rotation. American Geophysical Union. ISBN 978-0-87590-459-7.
- McCarthy, Dennis D.; Seidelmann, P. Kenneth (2009). Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics. Wiley. ISBN 978-3-527-62795-0.[4]
- 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1107197282.
Papers
edit- McCarthy, Dennis D.; Babcock, Alice K. (November 1986). "The length of day since 1656". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 44 (3): 281–292. Bibcode:1986PEPI...44..281M. doi:10.1016/0031-9201(86)90077-4. ISSN 0031-9201.
- McCarthy, Dennis D.; Luzum, Brian J. (March 1991). "Prediction of Earth orientation". Bulletin Géodésique. 65 (1): 18–21. Bibcode:1991BGeod..65...18M. doi:10.1007/BF00806338. ISSN 0007-4632.
- McCarthy, Dennis D.; Luzum, Brian J. (May 1996). "Path of the Mean Rotational Pole From 1899 to 1994". Geophysical Journal International. 125 (2): 623–629. Bibcode:1996GeoJI.125..623M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00024.x. eISSN 1365-246X. ISSN 0956-540X.
- McCarthy, Dennis D.; Hackman, Christine; Nelson, Robert A. (7 October 2008). "The Physical Basis of the Leap Second". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (5): 1906–1908. Bibcode:2008AJ....136.1906M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/5/1906. eISSN 1538-3881. ISSN 0004-6256.
References
edit- ^ "Meet the world's director of time". BBC News. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
- ^ "Superintendents, Scientific Directors, and Department Directors Of the U.S. Naval Observatory". U.S. Naval Observatory. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
- ^ Holloway, Jonathan B. (10 April 2023). "GPS Pioneer Inducted into Naval Oceanography Hall of Fame". U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Jefferts, Steven (2010). "Review of Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics by Dennis D. McCarthy and P. Kenneth Seidelmann". Physics Today. 63 (12). AIP Publishing: 63–64. doi:10.1063/1.3529005. ISSN 0031-9228.
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