Wind contributions to the Earth's angular momentum budgets in seasonal variation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D10, 2000, Pages 12417-12431

  Aoyama, Yuichi ^a   Naito, Isao ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DAY LENGTH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033792757     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900101     Document Type: Article

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