Oceanic signals in observed motions of the Earth's pole of rotation

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6666, 1998, Pages 476-479

  Ponte, Rui M ^a   Stammer, Detlef ^b   Marshall, John ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EXCITATION; EARTH ROTATION; GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLAR MOTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEA; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0032576688     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35126     Document Type: Article

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