Detection of phase disturbances of free core nutation of the Earth and their concurrence with geomagnetic jerks

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-155

  Shirai, Toshimichi ^a   Fukushima, Toshio ^b   Malkin, Zinovy ^c  

^a Goldman Sachs Group   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Free Core Nutation; Geomagnetic jerk; Reference frame

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; NUTATION;

EID: 21844476782     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352559     Document Type: Article

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