A sensitivity study of changes in Earth's rotation rate with an atmospheric general circulation model

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 141-154

  Jenkins, Gregory S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAY LENGTH; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 0029774523     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8181(95)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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