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Nature and Properties of the Chandler Motion and Mechanism of its Damping and Excitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.M. Ferrándiz  and
Yu. V. Barkin
J.M. Ferrándiz
Affiliation:
Dept. Matemática Aplicada, University of Alicante, Spain
Yu. V. Barkin
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

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The analytical studies of the Chandler motion of the Earth’s pole on the basis of the special approach to the problem, using the canonical and noncanonical equations in the Andoyer elastic variables (Barkin, et al. 1995; Barkin, 1996; in press) have been fulfilled. The Earth is considered as an isolated celestial body with the anelastic (in general case) external envelope (the mantle) and an invariant central part (the core).

The interpretation of the Chandler motion of the body, deformed by its own rotation, was given in the case of an elastic envelope. It was shown that the body rotates as a fictitious rigid body with different moments of inertia. The analytical solution of the problem let us explain the next properties of the motion of the deformable bodies: 1) observed period of the Earth’s polar motion; 2) ellipticity of the pole trajectory and difference of the eccentricities of the Chandler and Euler motions; 3) nonuniform velocity of the counter-clockwise polar motion along the Chandler ellipse; 4) orientation of this ellipse (its minor axis is located in the meridian plane, at 14.5 W degrees).

The influence of the dissipation on the damping of the Chandler polar motion was studied. The analytical solution of the problem was obtained for the simplest treatment of the delay of the tides caused by the Earth’s rotation (Getino & Ferrándiz 1991; Kubo, 1991). This model explains the characteristic behaviour of the amplitude of the Chandler motion in the periods 1905–1920, 1943–1960 (Vondrák, & Cyril, 1966). The excitation of the Chandler motion can be explained by the upper and lower envelope displacements (Barkin, 1999) with Moon-Sun forced attraction with a period of 412 days, close to the Chandler period.

Type
Part 5. Chandler and Annual Polar Motion: Observations and Excitation
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 178: Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific Problems , 2000 , pp. 447 - 453
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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