Geocenter variations caused by atmosphere, ocean and surface ground water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1867-1870

  Dong, D ^a   Dickey, J O ^a   Chao, Y ^a   Cheng, M K ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

GLOBAL SCALE; MASS REDISTRIBUTION; SOLID EARTH; SPACE GEODESY; SURFACE GROUND; SURFACE MASS LOADS; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME; TIME-SCALES;

GROUNDWATER; GEODESY;

GEOCENTER VARIATIONS; GLOBAL SCALE MASS REDISTRIBUTION; SPACE GEODESY;

ATMOSPHERE; GEOCENTRE VARIATION; GROUNDWATER; MASS REDISTRIBUTION; OCEAN WATER; SURFACE MASS LOAD;

EID: 0031200940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01849     Document Type: Article

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