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Is Chandler frequency constant?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Jan Vondrák
Jan Vondrák*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Budečská 6, 120 23 Prague 2, Czechoslovakia

Abstract

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The observed polar motion in the period 1860–1985 is analyzed in order to decide whether Chandler frequency was constant. It is shown that while the phase of annual wobble was very stable throughout the interval in question, Chandler wobble phase was subject to sometimes very rapid changes. The most pronounced negative phase changes were always accompanied by extremely low amplitudes, and a significant correlation was found between Chandler wobble phase and its integrated amplitude. The most probable explanation is that the frequency of Chandler wobble is variable and amplitude-dependent, which might be caused by non-equilibrium response of the ocean.

Type
VI. Causes of Variations in Earth Rotation Parameters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 128: Earth's Rotation and Reference Frames for Geodesy and Geodynamics , 1988 , pp. 359 - 364
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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