Detecting time variations in gravity associated with climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Leuliette, Eric W ^a   Nerem, R Steven ^a   Russell, Gary L ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOID; GRAVITY FIELD;

EID: 0037054711     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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