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The atmospheric excitation of rapid polar motions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

T. M. Eubanks
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, U. S. A.
J. A. Steppe
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, U. S. A.
J. O. Dickey
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, U. S. A.

Abstract

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Analysis of data from new, highly accurate, geodetic techniques reveals rapid polar motions. Comparison of the new geodetic data and meteorological excitation estimates shows that the observed rapid polar motions are correlated with atmospheric pressure changes, and that these changes are related to atmospheric normal modes.

Type
VI. Causes of Variations in Earth Rotation Parameters
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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