Twenty-some superconducting gravimeters are used worldwide for studying Earth tides, rotation, interior, and ocean and atmospheric loading, as well as for verifying the Newtonian constant of gravitation.
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The Earth's crust shifts ( in / out, east / west, north / south ) in response to lunar and solar gravitation, ocean tides, and atmospheric loading.
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Brooks Automation Asia Co ., Ltd . is a joint venture between Brooks Automation ( 70 % ) and Samsung ( 30 % ) which was established in 1999 . The venture locally manufactures and configure vacuum Front-Opening Unified Pod ( FOUP ) load port modules, and designs, manufactures and configures atmospheric loading systems for flat panel display s.