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Rotational Accelerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Wm. Markowitz
Wm. Markowitz*
Affiliation:
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Rotational accelerations of the Earth arise from changes in speed of rotation: periodic, irregular, and secular. Changes are caused by winds, Earth tides, ocean tides, and motions of the core. The semimonthly lunar body tide produces the maximum acceleration.

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Type
Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 48: Rotation of the Earth , 1972 , pp. 162 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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