Earth's rotation variations: A wavelet analysis

Terra Nova

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 260-264

  Chao, Benjamin F ^a   Chung, Weiyung ^a   Shih, Zongrong ^a   Hsieh, Yikai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EARTH ROTATION; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; POLAR MOTION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903900957     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12094     Document Type: Article

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