Indirect effect of the atmosphere through the oceans on the Earth nutation using the torque approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B5, 2001, Pages 8841-8851

  De Viron, Olivier ^a,c   Ponte, Rui M ^b   Dehant, Véronique ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; PLANETARY ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0034960752     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900387     Document Type: Article

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