Polar Motion is generally considered to include five main periodic or
non-periodic wobbles, which are secular wobble, Chandler wobble,
annual wobble, sub-seasonal wobble and irregular wobble, respectively.
As the geophysical fluid excitations within different frequency scale
can lead to the different responses of Polar Motion, here a Fourier
de-convolution transform method is used to extract, in frequency
domain, the five main wobbles from Polar Motion. Then these specific
wobbles are compared with their corresponding geophysical fluid
excitations one by one. Our results show that annual wobble and its
excitation have time variable amplitudes and phases, so their year to
year comparison would be a good constrain in angular momentum domain
by testing the simulated atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological angular
momentum functions deduced from general circulation models. In
addition, irregular wobble may detect the abnormal signals forced by
global unusual meteorological events. |