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Free Wobble of the Triaxial Earth: Theory and Comparisons with International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) Data
Description: This study investigate the theory of the free wobble of the triaxial Earth and demonstrate that: (1) the Euler period should actually be expressed by the complete elliptic integral of first kind, and (2) the trace of the free polar motion is elliptic, with the orientations of its semi-minor and major axes being approximately parallel to the Earth's principal axes A and B, respectively. [Source: Surveys in Geophysics]
URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k8h54t117740631t/?p=36d5d618a8e745e68595e0d643cc7828&pi=1
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Source: Surveys in Geophysics
Publish Date: 10/20/2009
Reading Level: Expert
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