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The Rotation of the Earth: A Geophysical Discussion

The Rotation of the Earth: A Geophysical Discussion

Munk, Walter H.
MacDonald, Gordon J. F.
Walter H., Munk

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics

Astronomy & SpacePhysics

ISBN10: 0521104068
ISBN13: 9780521104067
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 19 2009
Pages: 348
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book gives an account of certain observed irregularities on the rotation of the Earth, both in its rate of rotation (giving a variable length of day) and in the position of its axis. These irregularities are caused by events on and within the Earth and provide a means of studying a number of geophysical problems. Seasonal shifts in air masses and variable winds are causes of short-period fluctuations in the rotation. Climatic changes and their attendant sea levels are in part responsible for long-term fluctuations. Modern observations of the Moon and descriptions of ancient elipses both establish a secular increase in the length of day. The interpretation involves atmospheric, oceanic and bodily tides. The book provides a unified treatment of the rotation of the Earth, making this method of studying geophysical phenomena more readily accessible to geophysicists and others.

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