Seasonal polar motion excitation from numerical models of atmosphere, ocean, and continental hydrosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Dobslaw, H ^a   Dill, R ^a   Grotzsch A ^a   Brzezinski A ^b,c   Thomas, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CHANDLER WOBBLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEODESY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR MOTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 77958140951     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007127     Document Type: Article

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