On secular geocenter motion: The impact of climate changes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 360-366

  Métivier, Laurent ^a,b   Greff Lefftz, Marianne ^b   Altamimi, Zuheir ^a  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Geocenter; Geodesy; Ice melting; ITRF; Reference systems

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF MASS; GEOCENTER; GEOCENTER MOTION; GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; GLACIAL REBOUND; ICE MELTING; ICE-CAPS; ITRF; ITRF2000; ITRF2005; MASS EXCHANGE; NORTH POLE; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SEA LEVEL RISE; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS; TRANSLATION RATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); GEODESY; MELTING; POLES; SEA LEVEL; SURVEYING; VELOCITY;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; GLACIER; ICE CAP; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; NORTH POLE;

EID: 77954659824     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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