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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 438, Issue 3, Pages 1149-1161Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042210
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Earth; reference systems
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In this paper, we evaluate the nutational Earth response to the excitation exerted by a surface fluid ( atmosphere, ocean, and hydrology) for a simple Earth model, constituted of three homogeneous layers: a solid deformable inner-core, a liquid outer core, and an elastic mantle. Our formula, valid in the quasi-diurnal frequency band, includes two resonances, at the Free Core Nutation ( FCN) and the Free Inner-Core Nutation ( FICN). Additionally, we have evaluated the amplitudes of those wobbles in response to a random noise excitation. We show that, compared with the FCN signal, the resonance at the FICN frequency induced by a surface fluid layer only induces a very small signal in the Earth rotation, and that, with an excitation comparable to the one available at the FCN, the FICN would generate a signal at the Earth surface at the sub-micrometer level.
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