Diurnal and subdiurnal effects of the atmosphere on the Earth rotation and geocenter motion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-12

  de Viron, Olivier ^a   Schwarzbaum, Gaëtan ^a   Lott, Francois ^b   Dehant, Véronique ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EARTH ROTATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 30144443532     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003761     Document Type: Article

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