Chandler wobble: Two more large phase jumps revealed

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 943-947

  Malkin, Zinovy ^a   Miller, Natalia ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amplitude and phase variations; Chandler wobble; Earth rotation; Phase jumps; Polar motion

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CHANDLER WOBBLE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLAR MOTION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952599585     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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