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Earth's core and inner-core resonances from analysis of VLBI nutation and superconducting gravimeter data

S. Rosat
C. Gattano
M. Calvo

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Geophysical parameters of the deep Earth’s interior can be evaluated through the resonance effects associated with the core and inner-core wobbles on the forced nutations of the Earth’s figure axis, as observed by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), or on the diurnal tidal waves, retrieved from the time-varying surface gravity recorded by superconducting gravime- ters (SGs). In this paper, we inverse for the rotational mode parameters from both techniques to retrieve geophysical parameters of the deep Earth. We analyse surface gravity data from 15 SG stations and VLBI delays accumulated over the last 35 yr. We show existing correlations between several basic Earth parameters and then decide to inverse for the rotational modes parameters. We employ a Bayesian inversion based on the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm with a Markov-chain Monte Carlo method. We obtain estimates of the free core nutation resonant period and quality factor that are consistent for both techniques. We also attempt an inversion for the free inner-core nutation (FICN) resonant period from gravity data. The most probable solution gives a period close to the annual prograde term (or S1 tide). However the 95 per cent confidence interval extends the possible values between roughly 28 and 725 d for gravity, and from 362 to 414 d from nutation data, depending on the prior bounds. The precisions of the estimated long-period nutation and respective small diurnal tidal constituents are hence not accurate enough for a correct determination of the FICN complex frequency.
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S. Rosat, S.B. Lambert, C. Gattano, M. Calvo. Earth's core and inner-core resonances from analysis of VLBI nutation and superconducting gravimeter data. Geophysical Journal International, 2017, 208 (1), pp.211 - 220. ⟨10.1093/gji/ggw378⟩. ⟨hal-01397310⟩
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