Modeling of nutation and precession: New nutation series for nonrigid Earth and insights into the Earth's interior

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Mathews, P M ^a   Herring, T A ^b   Buffett, B A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary magnetic fields; Core electromagnetic couplings; Dynamical ellipticities; Nutation resonance parameters; Nutation series; Precession rate

Indexed keywords

CHANDLER WOBBLE; EARTH ROTATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUTATION; PRECESSION;

EID: 0038649769     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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