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 ??

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

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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, 201213 yr by Enthalpy

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