On the variability of the Chandler frequency

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (B9) ◽  
pp. 20439-20445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raimundo O. Vicente ◽  
Clark R. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Chandler Frequency

On Variations in the Chandler Frequency

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
H.J.M. Abraham ◽  
J.N. Boots
Keyword(s):  
Axis Of Rotation ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Actual Motion ◽  
Chandler Frequency

This paper suggests that some of the reported changes in the Chandler frequency are associated with inelastic changes in the Earth. There has been controversy as to how much of the apparent secular polar drift is due to actual motion of the axis of rotation within the Earth, and how much it is merely the reflection of movements by certain observatories. Therefore, when more southern data are available it will be interesting to see whether similar results are obtained.

scholarly journals On the Regularity of Fluctuations in Annual and Secular Polar Motions

1972 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
H. J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
Amplitude Fluctuations ◽  
Chandler Frequency ◽  
Do So

It may become possible to explain much of the behaviour and remarkable regularity of fluctuations in reported annual and secular polar motions if the potential that causes an immediate excitation is also a factor in that excitation's rate of change afterwards.The Chandler frequency, for example, being a function of the deformation excitation, should then vary with the librational and nutational displacements of the pole of rotation. It is found that the frequency does in fact do so.The annual excitation would be affected as well. The steady and seasonal primary excitations are known to cause free and forced nutations that are accompanied by periodic secondary excitations. These would arise partly at once and partly in the course of time; they would modulate the primary annual excitation and also one another, according to the period of the beats between the annual and Chandler nutations. It is found that the reported annual excitation shows phase and amplitude fluctuations of this kind. (The data also show another large excitation that occurred briefly on two occasions).Finally, the amplitude and phase of the secular librations appear to have followed an expression that is obtained by integrating the rates of change of excitation. This expression is a function of the amplitude of the annual excitation and the period of the beats between the annual and Chandler nutations.

scholarly journals Is Chandler frequency constant?

1988 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Vondrák
Keyword(s):  
Polar Motion ◽  
Phase Changes ◽  
Negative Phase ◽  
Chandler Wobble ◽  
Probable Explanation ◽  
Equilibrium Response ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Chandler Frequency ◽  
Most Probable Explanation ◽  
Annual Wobble

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.

scholarly journals Forcing of polar motion in the Chandler frequency band: An opportunity to evaluate interannual climate variations

Eos ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-P. Plag ◽  
B. F. Chao ◽  
R. S. Gross ◽  
T. Van Dam
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Band ◽  
Polar Motion ◽  
Climate Variations ◽  
Chandler Frequency
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