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5. Different approaches are used for prediction of the Earth rotation parameters. The IERS
product center uses the following techniques :
x Polar Motion: The formalism uses at first a floating period fit (Bevington, 1969 [2]) for
both the Chandler and annual components estimation over a past time interval of several
years. An autoregressive filter is then applied on the short-term residuals series and used
for the prediction. The predictions of the nutation offsets d
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x Universal Time: The present formalism used is based on the assumption that the long-
term fluctuations (annual and semi-annual) of the preceding year are valid over the next
few months. For short-term variations prediction, an autoregressive process is used.
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