Oceanic excitation of daily to seasonal signals in Earth rotation: Results from a constant-density numerical model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 469-474

  Ponte, Rui M ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth's rotation; Oceanic currents; Oceanic models; Oceans; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; DAY LENGTH; EARTH ROTATION; MODEL; OCEAN CURRENT; PLANETARY ROTATION; POLAR MOTION; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0030667326     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05662.x     Document Type: Article

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