Kinematical modeling of the Earth rotation,focusing on the Oppolzer terms in a rigid Earth and the Oppolzer-like terms in an elastic Earth |
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| Authors: | Yoshio Kubo |
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| Institution: | 1.Tokyo,Japan |
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| Abstract: | Under perturbations from outer bodies, the Earth experiences changes of its angular momentum axis, figure axis and rotational
axis. In the theory of the rigid Earth, in addition to the precession and nutation of the angular momentum axis given by the
Poisson terms, both the figure axis and the rotational axis suffer forced deviation from the angular momentum axis. This deviation
is expressed by the so-called Oppolzer terms describing separation of the averaged figure axis, called CIP (Celestial Intermediate
Pole) or CEP (Celestial Ephemeris Pole), and the mathematically defined rotational axis, from the angular momentum axis. The
CIP is the rotational axis in a frame subject to both precession and nutation, while the mathematical rotational axis is that
in the inertial (non-rotating) frame. We investigate, kinematically, the origin of the separation between these two axes—both
for the rigid Earth and an elastic Earth. In the case of an elastic Earth perturbed by the same outer bodies, there appear
further deviations of the figure and rotational axes from the angular momentum axis. These deviations, though similar to the
Oppolzer terms in the rigid Earth, are produced by quite a different physical mechanism. Analysing this mechanism, we derive
an expression for the Oppolzer-like terms in an elastic Earth. From this expression we demonstrate that, under a certain approximation
(in neglect of the motion of the perturbing outer bodies), the sum of the direct and convective perturbations of the spin
axis coincides with the direct perturbation of the figure axis. This equality, which is approximate, gets violated when the
motion of the outer bodies is taken into account. |
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