2014/08/31 by Yoshio Kubo, Kubo, Yoshio
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) #FOS: Physical sciences #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph.EP
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1409.0208
10 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1206.5044
arxiv created 2014/08/31 · openalex publication_date 2014/08/31 · arxiv updated 2014/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The variation in the figure axis in the Earth owing to the geophysical causes directly reflects the physical state of the Earth and therefore, it is important for understanding the Earth. Of the variations in the figure axis arising from different causes, the variation owing to the Earth's geophysical causes is determined from polar motion data. Equations that give the relation between the figure axis and rotational axis are derived and the motion of the figure pole with respect to the Earth's surface or the figure axis in the Earth is determined by using these equations. Estimation of error suggests that the accuracy of the determination for the position of the figure pole at each moment is sufficiently good and that even a variation that occurs during a short duration of time, such as one or two days, is significant. The determined position of the figure pole exhibits a rapid and complicated motion in a short duration. On the other hand, a long-range average of the pole shows stable annual and semi-annual variations, but it is quite independent of the Chandler wobble.