Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988cait.reptr....h&link_type=abstract
Final Report, 15 Jul. 1986 - 14 Sep. 1987 California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena. Seismological Lab.
Mathematics
Logic
Earth Core, Earth Rotation, Geodynamics, Topography, Anomalies, Earth Mantle, Fluid Mechanics, Geoids, Geomagnetism, Seismology
Scientific paper
The NASA Geodynamics program has as one of its missions highly accurate monitoring of polar motion, including changes in length of day (LOD). These observations place fundamental constraints on processes occurring in the atmosphere, in the mantle, and in the core of the planet. Short-timescale (t less than or approx 1 yr) variations in LOD are mainly the result of interaction between the atmosphere and the solid earth, while variations in LOD on decade timescales result from the exchange of angular momentum between the mantle and the fluid core. One mechanism for this exchange of angular momentum is through topographic coupling between pressure variations associated with flow in the core interacting with topography at the core-mantel boundary (CMB). Work done under another NASA grant addressing the origin of long-wavelength geoid anomalies as well as evidence from seismology, resulted in several models of CMB topography. The purpose of work supported by NAG5-819 was to study further the problem of CMB topography, using geodesy, fluid mechanics, geomagnetics, and seismology. This is a final report.
Clayton Robert W.
Hager Bradford H.
Spieth Mary Ann
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