Climate-driven polar motion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B6, 1999, Pages 12813-12829

  Celaya, Michael A ^a,c   Wahr, John M ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANDLER WOBBLE; CLIMATE FORCING; EARTH ROTATION; POLAR WANDERING;

EID: 0033542338     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900016     Document Type: Article

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