Excitation of non-atmospheric polar motion by the migration of the Pacific Warm Pool

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 109-113

  Zhou, Y H ^a,f   Yan, X H ^b,e   Ding, X L ^c   Liao, X H ^a,f   Zheng, D W ^a,c,f   Liu, W T ^d   Pan, J Y ^b   Fang, M Q ^e   He, M X ^e  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Excitation; Polar motion; Western Pacific Warm Pool

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GEODESY; POLAR MOTION; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4644238845     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-004-0380-7     Document Type: Article

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