Regional atmospheric angular momentum contributions to polar motion excitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7347-7358

  Nastula, Jolanta ^a   Salstein, David ^b  

^a Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; PLANETARY ROTATION; POLAR MOTION;

EID: 0033541433     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900077     Document Type: Article

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