Comments and Additional Investigations Concerning “Chandler Tides in the Atmosphere”

Abstract

A recent study by Bryson and Starr suggests that there is an observable atmospheric tide forced by the 14-month Chandler wobble of the earth?s rotation axis. Both the theoretical arguments and the observational evidence supporting this theory appear to be weak. Power spectra of non-seasonal barometric pressure fluctuations show no special behavior at periods near 14 months, suggesting that the response to the Chandler wobble is buried in the low-frequency continuum of atmospheric variations.