Low-frequency variations, Chandler and annual wobbles of polar motion as observed over one century

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-54

  Höpfner, Joachim ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual wobble; Chandler wobble; Cycles; Low frequency variations (secular drift, long periodic signals); Main components; Parameter (radius, direction, period length); Polar motion; Variability

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LOW PASS FILTERS;

LOW-FREQUENCY VARIATIONS; POLE COORDINATES;

GEOPHYSICS;

CHANDLER WOBBLE; EARTH ROTATION; POLAR MOTION;

EID: 12144287809     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEOP.0000015345.88410.36     Document Type: Article

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