Variations in the Earth's oblateness during the past 28 years

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Cheng, Minkang ^a   Tapley, Byron D ^a  

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

Author keywords

ENSO; SLR

Indexed keywords

EARTH STRUCTURE; LASER METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 10044289661     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003028     Document Type: Article

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