Rapid ocean signals in polar motion and length of day

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Ponte, Rui M ^a   Ali, Ahmed H ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUDGET CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BAROTROPIC MODELS; BOTTOM PRESSURES; EARTH ORIENTATION; EARTH ROTATION; LENGTH OF DAYS; TEMPORAL SMOOTHING;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 0036705359     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015312     Document Type: Article

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