Estimation of the gravimetric pole tide by stacking long time-series of GGP superconducting gravimeters
Résumé
We compute the gravimetric factor at the Chandler wobble (CW) frequency using time-series
from superconducting gravimeters (SG) longer than a decade. We first individually process
the polar motion and data at each individual gravity station to estimate the gravimetric factor
amplitude and phase, then we make a global analysis by applying a stacking method to
different subsets of up to seven SG stations. The stacking is an efficient way of getting rid
of local effects and improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the combined data sets. Using the
stacking method, we find a gravimetric factor amplitude and phase of 1.118 ± 0.016 and
−0.45 ± 0.66 deg, respectively, which is smaller in amplitude than expected. The sources of
error are then carefully considered. For both local and global analyses, the uncertainties on
our results are reliably constrained by computing the standard deviation of the estimates of the
gravimetric factor amplitude and phase for increasing length of the time-series. Constraints
on the CW anelastic dissipation can be set since any departure of the gravimetric factor from
its elastic value may provide some insights into the dissipative processes that occur at the CW
period. In particular, assuming given rheological models for the Earth’s mantle enables us to
make the link between the gravimetric factor phase and the CW quality factor.
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