“…We do not assume this noise to be isotropic, i.e., gen erally, NOTE. In (Arato, Kolmogorov, and Sinai, 1962) and our previous works, the motion of the Earth's rotation axis under isotropic forcing is considered. In our present work, we abandon this assumption due to the pronounced anisotropy of the IERS data on atmo spheric excitation functions: the root mean square (rms) values of the functions and for 1982-2003 are 2.25 × 10 22 and 2.70 × 10 23 kg m 2 /s, respectively, i.e., their difference attains an order of magnitude.…”