Atmospheric and oceanic excitation of decadal-scale Earth orientation variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Gross, Richard S ^a   Fukumori, Ichiro ^a   Menemenlis, Dimitris ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DECADAL VARIATION; GEODESY;

EID: 27744545451     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003565     Document Type: Article

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