Interannual signals in length of day and atmospheric angular momentum

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-364

  Abarca Del Rio, R ^a   Gambis, D ^b   Salstein, D A ^c  

^a CS ^*  (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (general circulation); Solar physics, astrophysics and astronomy (celestial mechanics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844220072     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050894     Document Type: Article

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