Atmospheric angular momentum variations of Earth, Mars and Venus at seasonal time scales

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 923-933

  Karatekin, O ^a   De Viron, O ^b   Lambert, S ^c   Dehant, V ^a   Rosenblatt, P ^a   Van Hoolst, T ^a   Le Maistre, S ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

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

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Angular momentum; Atmosphere; Earth; Mars; Rotation; Venus

Indexed keywords

FLUID LAYER; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARS; MASS REDISTRIBUTION; MOMENTUM EXCHANGE; PLANETARY ROTATION; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; TIME-SCALES; VENUS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET);

PLANETS;

EID: 79961153381     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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