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Iwano et al. 2005
Iwano, S., Fukuda, Y., Sato, T., Tamura, Y., Matsumoto, K. and Shibuya, K. (2005). Long-period tidal factors at Antarctica Syowa Station determined from 10 years of superconducting gravimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research 110: doi: 10.1029/2004JB003551. issn: 0148-0227.

We determined long-period gravimetric tidal parameters from 10 years of superconducting gravimeter observations at Syowa Station in Antarctica. The obtained amplitude and phase lead for the Mm wave were 6.106 ¿ 0.030 ¿Gal (¿Gal = 10-8 m s-2), 0.32¿ ¿ 0.28¿, respectively, and those for the Mf wave were 11.657 ¿ 0.018 ¿Gal, 0.78¿ ¿ 0.09¿, respectively. We also determined the parameters of other tidal constituents with periods of 6 to 32 days; Mqm, Msqm, Mtm, Mstm, Msf, Msm, and their frequency dependence was estimated by means of a weighted least squares method. The observed values, corrected by the four ocean tide models of Schwiderski, NAO.99L, FES99, and TPXO6.0, were compared with the theoretical values calculated from the elastic and inelastic solid Earth tide models by Dehant et al. Even though the values of the ocean tide corrections have relatively large discrepancies between the four models and it is still difficult to discuss the degree of inelasticity of the Earth for this frequency band, we can say that the observations favor the inelastic Earth model rather than the elastic model.

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Geodesy and Gravity, Earth's interior, dynamics (1507, 7207, 7208, 8115, 8120), Geodesy and Gravity, Instruments and techniques, Geodesy and Gravity, Non-tectonic deformation, Geodesy and Gravity, Time variable gravity (7223, 7230), Geodesy and Gravity, Ocean/Earth/atmosphere/hydrosphere/cryosphere interactions (0762, 1218, 3319, 4550), superconducting gravimeter, gravity, long-period tide
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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