Robust and less robust features in the tangential geostrophy core flows

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 678-692

  Asari, S ^a   Shimizu, H ^b   Utada, H ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earth rotation variations; Geomagnetic induction; Inverse theory; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; FLOW MODELING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INVERSE PROBLEM; PREDICTION; SECULAR VARIATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 67749122098     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04168.x     Document Type: Article

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