use earth as Gravity-Wave detector ??

[Widdekind]

Humans can measure subtle gravity distortions, over earth's surface ("free-air anomalies"). If Gravity-Waves would distort earth, and hence its gravity field; and if humans can measure such anomalies; then perhaps earth itself can be employed, as a gigantic GW detector ??

[Spyman]

I think it would be hard to filter out signals from shifts in gravity from natural internal movements of Earth.

[Enthalpy]

Patents offices accept only solutions, not descriptions of tasks. Their description of an idea is realistic.

In other words: please tell what you measure, with what sensor, and what measurement you expect from which source of gravitation waves.

Edited September 27, 2012 by Enthalpy

[Widdekind]

I think it would be hard to filter out signals from shifts in gravity from natural internal movements of Earth.

that's good thinking...

 

would extra-terrestrial GWs introduce world-wide coherent distortions, which could be gleaned, from the background of more random natural fluctuations? Also, geologic phenomenon occur over geologic time-scales ("aeons"); mantle motions may not start-and-stop, on GW-relevant time-scales