Solved and unsolved questions in the non-rigid Earth nutation study

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Jul 2008

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A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Vol

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Reference Systems, Standards, Magnetic Fields, Earth, Methods: Analytical

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At the IAU 26th GA held in Prague in 2006, a new precession model (P03) was recommended and adopted to replace the old one, IAU1976 precession model. This new P03 model is to match the IAU2000 nutation model that is for anelastic Earth model and was adopted in 2003 to replace the previous IAU1980 model. However, this IAU2000 nutation model is also not a perfect one for our complex Earth, as stated in the resolution of IAU nutation working group. The Earth models in the current nutation theories are idealized and too simple, far from the real one. They suffer from several geophysical factors: the an-elasticity of the mantle, the atmospheric loading and wind, the oceanic loading and current, the atmospheric and oceanic tides, the (lateral) heterogeneity of the mantle, the differential rotation between the inner core and the mantle, and various couplings between the fluid outer core and its neighboring solids (mantle and inner core). In this paper, first we give a very brief review of the current theoretical studies of non-rigid Earth nutation, and then focus on the couplings near the core-mantle boundary and the inner core-outer core boundary, including the electro-magnetic, viscous, topographic, and gravitational couplings. Finally, we outline some interesting future studies.

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