High-frequency variations in Earth rotation from Global Positioning System data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13711-13738

  Rothacher, M ^a   Beutler, G ^b   Weber, R ^c   Hefty, J ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GPS; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 0034907950     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900393     Document Type: Article

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