Atmosphere and earth's rotation

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-144

  Volland, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM TRANSFER; EARTH ROTATION; LAPLACE TIDAL EQUATION; ORTHOGONAL WAVE MODE; SPHERICAL HARMONIC; ULTALONG PLANETARY WAVE;

EID: 0029757525     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01904476     Document Type: Article

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