Open AccessCoherence between sea level oscillations and orbital perturbations
Author(s) -
Mawad Ramy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
earth and space science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 2333-5084
DOI - 10.1002/2016ea000198
Subject(s) - solar wind , meteoroid , outflow , atmosphere (unit) , physics , coronal mass ejection , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , atmospheric sciences , earth (classical element) , geology , environmental science , geophysics , astrobiology , astronomy , plasma , meteorology , quantum mechanics
Sea level rising and oscillations indicate global Earth's mass variability. I propose inflow of mass to the Earth from space through coronal mass ejections, solar wind, small comets, and meteoroids that brings water to Earth's atmosphere. Outflow mass can also escape plasma into space. Sea level rising is highly correlated with Earth's orbital perturbations. Monthly and annual periodicities are found in the two variables. Monthly periodicities are attributed to the oscillations of center of gravity of the Earth‐Moon system as the Moon revolves around the Earth. Annual periodicities are found with minimum in February and maximum in November, pointing to mass variability.