Detection of Antarctic oscillation signals in Earth’s oblateness variations

• Autorzy: Duan P. , Liu G. , Tu Y. , Huang C.

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DOI

10.1007/s11600-017-0067-0

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Variations of Earth’s oblateness (J2) reflect a large scale mass redistribution within the Earth system. The climate effect causing J2 interannual variations is still not clear, though previous studies indicated it may be related to El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). However, we have a new discovery of the significant Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) signals in J2 interannual variations, especially on 4–6 year scales based on cross wavelet and wavelet coherence analysis with 95% confidence test during 1979–2012. The results additionally indicate that the close phase relationship between J2 and AAO (AAO leading J2 variations by 3 ± 2 months in phase) is far superior to that between J2 and ENSO/PDO on 4–6 year scales. In this work, we discuss, for the first time, a possible geophysical mechanism of AAO effecting J2 variations. The investigations are based on the definition of AAO and its spatial-temporal behavior influencing the large-scale mass movement. Finally, an approximate quantitative estimate of the AAO imprint on J2 with an emphasis on the atmospheric contribution is made.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Antarcitic oscillation; cross wavelet spectrum; wavelet coherence spectrum; Earth’s oblateness

PL

oscylacja antarktyczna; widmo fal krzyżowych; widmo koherencji falowej

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 65, no. 4
• Strony: 635--644
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Duan P.

• Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

autor

Liu G.

• nstitute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics, Wuhan, China

autor

Tu Y.

• Key Laboratory of Geological Hazards on Three Gorges Reservori Area, Ministry of Education, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

autor

Huang C.

• University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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