Oceanic effects on polar motion determined from an ocean model and satellite altimetry: 1993-2001

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Chen, J L ^a   Wilson, C R ^a,b   Hu, X G ^c   Zhou, Y H ^c   Tapley, B D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ocean; OGCM; Polar motion; Satellite altimeter

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; GEODESY; OCEAN; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POLAR MOTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 2542440550     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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