Estimation of the 13.63-day lunar tide effect on length of day

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Bellanger, E ^a   Blanter, E M ^a   Le Mouel J L ^a   Shnirman, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earth's tides; Length of day; Love number; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

DAY LENGTH; EARTH ROTATION; EARTH TIDE;

EID: 19244385898     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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