Annual atmospheric torques: Processes and regional contributions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 44-1-44-3

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

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; TORQUE;

ELLIPTICITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EARTH ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0036555165     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013859     Document Type: Article

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