Wind stress forcing of the North Sea 'pole tide'

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 620-630

  O'Connor, William P ^a   Chao, Benjamin Fong ^b   Zheng, Dawei ^c   Au, Andrew Y ^d  

^a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chandler wobble; North Sea; Pole tide; Sea level; Tides; Winds

Indexed keywords

CHANDLER WOBBLE; SEA LEVEL; TIDE; WIND;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033916463     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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