Diurnal angular momentum budget of the atmosphere and its consequences for Earth's nutation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B11, 2001, Pages 26747-26759

  De Viron, Olivier ^a,b   Marcus, Steve L ^a   Dickey, Jean O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EARTH ROTATION; NUTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0035202958     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb000098     Document Type: Article

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