An attempt has been made to search for the translational oscillations of the Earth＇s solid inner core in the gravity measurements recorded with the superconducting gravimeters （SG） from the worldwide network of the...An attempt has been made to search for the translational oscillations of the Earth＇s solid inner core in the gravity measurements recorded with the superconducting gravimeters （SG） from the worldwide network of the Global Geodynamics Project （GGP）. All the SG data were prepared and analyzed by the same method to remove accurately the signatures related to gravity tides, local baro- metric pressure, the Earth＇s rotation, the long-term trend and so on. We obtained the estimations of the power spectral densities of each residual series and the estimations of the product spectral densities in the subtidal band （0.162-0.285 cph） were obtained by using a multi-station stacking technique after further eliminating atmospheric effects. The inner core translation triplet was detected in the subtidal band. We find 6 groups of signal with high signal-to-noise ratio that are consistent with the characteris- tics of the triplet, and 4 groups of the results that are close to the previous studies and the differences are less than 0.92%. It implies that the groups of signatures all have the possibility to be related to the inner core translational oscillations.展开更多
The translational oscillation of the solid inner core is one of the Earth’s fundamental normal modes, which is also called Slichter mode. The normal mode should be split to form a triplet due to the Earth’s rotation...The translational oscillation of the solid inner core is one of the Earth’s fundamental normal modes, which is also called Slichter mode. The normal mode should be split to form a triplet due to the Earth’s rotation and ellipticity. In this study, according to the splitting pattern of Slichter mode, an attempt has been made to detect the possibility of Slichter triplet’s existence by using the product spectra of the long-term continuous gravity measurements from the superconducting gravimeters (SG) at 6 glob- ally-distributed permanent stations in the Global Geodynamics Projects network. The results indicate that the background noise level of the global SG observations is 0.0158 nm s–2 and the magnitude threshold of any global harmonic signals, which may be detected by the global SG, is 0.0152 nm s–2 in the subtidal frequency band from 0.162 to 0.285 cph in which Slichter triplet may occur. it implies that the signatures, related to the triplet, may be identified in the global SG observations, if they exist. It is found that there is a group of global harmonic signatures with the periods of 5.310, 4.995 and 4.344 h emerging significantly from the background noise in the global SG observations. They are in good agreement with the splitting pattern of Slichter mode. It implies that this group of signatures may be related to the inner core translational oscillations. The associated density contrast across the inner core boundary may be deduced as between the values provided in the Earth models of the PREM and 1066 A.展开更多
Based on the 5-year length of tidal gravity observations recorded with a superconducting gravimeter at Wuhan International Tidal Gravity Ref-erence Station, the special gravity signals associated with the possible Ea...Based on the 5-year length of tidal gravity observations recorded with a superconducting gravimeter at Wuhan International Tidal Gravity Ref-erence Station, the special gravity signals associated with the possible Earth’s solid inner core translational oscillations in sub-tidal bands are detected and studied by using for the first time a wavelet transfor-mation technique. The analysis is conducted on gravity residuals after removing the synthetic tidal gravity signals and air pressure perturbation from original observations, demonstrating that there exist gravity oscillation signals at 4―6 h bands with am-plitude of nGal level. However, it is found that the frequency and amplitude of such kind of oscillation signals change with time, and the analysis shows that these oscillation signals are provoked probably by some non-continuous source with very low ampli-tude.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41021003 and 41074053)
文摘An attempt has been made to search for the translational oscillations of the Earth＇s solid inner core in the gravity measurements recorded with the superconducting gravimeters （SG） from the worldwide network of the Global Geodynamics Project （GGP）. All the SG data were prepared and analyzed by the same method to remove accurately the signatures related to gravity tides, local baro- metric pressure, the Earth＇s rotation, the long-term trend and so on. We obtained the estimations of the power spectral densities of each residual series and the estimations of the product spectral densities in the subtidal band （0.162-0.285 cph） were obtained by using a multi-station stacking technique after further eliminating atmospheric effects. The inner core translation triplet was detected in the subtidal band. We find 6 groups of signal with high signal-to-noise ratio that are consistent with the characteris- tics of the triplet, and 4 groups of the results that are close to the previous studies and the differences are less than 0.92%. It implies that the groups of signatures all have the possibility to be related to the inner core translational oscillations.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Founda-tion of China (Grant Nos. 40574034 and 40730316)Key Project of the Knowledge Innovation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2 -YW-133)
文摘The translational oscillation of the solid inner core is one of the Earth’s fundamental normal modes, which is also called Slichter mode. The normal mode should be split to form a triplet due to the Earth’s rotation and ellipticity. In this study, according to the splitting pattern of Slichter mode, an attempt has been made to detect the possibility of Slichter triplet’s existence by using the product spectra of the long-term continuous gravity measurements from the superconducting gravimeters (SG) at 6 glob- ally-distributed permanent stations in the Global Geodynamics Projects network. The results indicate that the background noise level of the global SG observations is 0.0158 nm s–2 and the magnitude threshold of any global harmonic signals, which may be detected by the global SG, is 0.0152 nm s–2 in the subtidal frequency band from 0.162 to 0.285 cph in which Slichter triplet may occur. it implies that the signatures, related to the triplet, may be identified in the global SG observations, if they exist. It is found that there is a group of global harmonic signatures with the periods of 5.310, 4.995 and 4.344 h emerging significantly from the background noise in the global SG observations. They are in good agreement with the splitting pattern of Slichter mode. It implies that this group of signatures may be related to the inner core translational oscillations. The associated density contrast across the inner core boundary may be deduced as between the values provided in the Earth models of the PREM and 1066 A.
文摘Based on the 5-year length of tidal gravity observations recorded with a superconducting gravimeter at Wuhan International Tidal Gravity Ref-erence Station, the special gravity signals associated with the possible Earth’s solid inner core translational oscillations in sub-tidal bands are detected and studied by using for the first time a wavelet transfor-mation technique. The analysis is conducted on gravity residuals after removing the synthetic tidal gravity signals and air pressure perturbation from original observations, demonstrating that there exist gravity oscillation signals at 4―6 h bands with am-plitude of nGal level. However, it is found that the frequency and amplitude of such kind of oscillation signals change with time, and the analysis shows that these oscillation signals are provoked probably by some non-continuous source with very low ampli-tude.
