Influence of atmospheric pressure on the Free Core Nutation, precession and some forced nutational motions of the Earth

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 337-351

  Gegout, P ^a   Hinderer, J ^a   Legros, H ^a   Greff, M ^a   Dehant, V ^b  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FREE CORE NUTATION; PRECESSION;

EID: 0032502503     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00100-3     Document Type: Article

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