Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF THE MOVEMENT OF SURFACE MASSES ON THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH
Author(s) -
Young Andrew
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1953.tb03034.x
Subject(s) - earth's rotation , rotation (mathematics) , earth (classical element) , geology , geophysics , movement (music) , geodesy , surface (topology) , astrobiology , physics , geometry , astronomy , mathematics , acoustics
Summary When account is taken of the angular momentum of surface masses moving relative to the solid Earth it is found that the equations governing the variation of latitude are not sensibly affected by changes in the rate of rotation and that the equations previously used are adequate if correction terms are added to account for the angular momentum which may be large enough to have an observable effect.