Frédéric Chambat - Hydrostatic code

Laboratoire de sciences de la Terre, ENS-Lyon,
46 allée d'Italie, 69364 LYON cedex 07, France
Phone : (33) 4 72 72 85 56, Fax : (33) 4 72 72 86 77.
, or go to my homepage.

On this page you can download :

  • A MATLAB code and tutorial for numerical calculations of the Earth's Flattening up to second order, once a mean density model is given. If you use and wish to cite it please refer to the 2010 article :

  • Chambat F. Ricard Y., Valette B., 2010, Flattening of the Earth: further from hydrostaticity than previously estimated, G.J.I., 183, 727-732. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04771.x. pdf. The Nature highlight (14 oct. 2010, v. 467, p. 755): pdf.

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