Consistent atmospheric and oceanic excitation of the Earth's free polar motion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-35

  Seitz, Florian ^a   Stuck, Jochen ^b   Thomas, Maik ^c  

^a Deutsches Geodatisches Forschungsinstitut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Earth's rotation; Oceans; Polar motion; Wobble

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERE; CHANDLER WOBBLE; EARTH ROTATION; OCEAN; OSCILLATION; POLAR MOTION;

EID: 1942489109     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02208.x     Document Type: Article

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