Remaining error sources in the nutation at the submilliarc second level

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Dehant, V ^a   Feissel Vernier, M ^b,c   de Viron, O ^a   Ma, C ^d   Yseboodt, M ^a   Bizouard, C ^b  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth rotation; Nutation; VLBI

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EARTH ROTATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUTATION;

EID: 0042384479     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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