Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jgr....90.9369g&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, Sept. 30, 1985, p. 9369-9380.
Mathematics
Logic
25
Earth Rotation, Lageos (Satellite), Polar Wandering (Geology), Earthquakes, El Nino, Indonesia, Meteorology, Power Spectra, Time Series Analysis
Scientific paper
Euler (1765) has deduced that any nonspherical rigid body which is rotating about some axis that is not its principal moment of inertia axis will experience a wobble as it rotates. The earth's wobble predicted by Euler was actually detected by Chandler (1891). The present paper is concerned with this wobble which is now known as the Chandler wobble. The Chandler wobble has now been under observation for more than 80 years. During part of this time, the amplitude of the wobble has actually been seen to grow. It follows that there must be some mechanisms operating to maintain (or excite) the Chandler wobble preventing it from decaying. Possible excitation mechanisms considered include earthquakes and meteorological variations. In this paper, an analysis is conducted of Lageos polar motion data for the period 1977-1983 to find out what can be learned from these data about the excitation mechanisms.
Fong Chao Benjamin
Gross Richard S.
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