Tropospheric and stratospheric wind contributions to Earth's variable rotation from NCEP/NCAR reanalyses (2000-2005)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 453-463

  Zhou, Y H ^a   Chen, J L ^b   Salstein, D A ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth rotation variations; Global change from geodesy; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GLOBAL CHANGE; POLAR MOTION; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 48249097928     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03843.x     Document Type: Article

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