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Rigid-Earth Nutation Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. Souchay*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, 61 Avenue de l’Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France

Abstract

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Despite the fact that the main causes of the differences between the observed Earth nutation and that derived from analytical calculations come from geophysical effects associated with nonrigidity (core flattening, core-mantle interactions, oceans, etc…), efforts have been made recently to compute the nutation of the Earth when it is considered to be a rigid body, giving birth to several “rigid Earth nutation models.” The reason for these efforts is that any coefficient of nutation for a realistic Earth (including effects due to nonrigidity) is calculated starting from a coefficient for a rigid-Earth model, using a frequency-dependent transfer function. Therefore it is important to achieve high quality in the determination of rigid-Earth nutation coefficients, in order to isolate the nonrigid effects still not well-modeled.

After reviewing various rigid-Earth nutation models which have been established recently and their relative improvement with respect to older ones, we discuss their specifics and their degree of agreement.

Type
Section 2. Improved Definitions and Models
Copyright
Copyright © US Naval Observatory 2000

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