Detection of the Earth rotation response to a rapid fluctuation of Southern Ocean circulation in November 2009

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Marcus, S. L., Dickey, J. O., Fukumori, I., de Viron, O.
• Other Authors: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Pacific; Merra; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03583374; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03583374/document; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03583374/file/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202012%20-%20Marcus%20-%20Detection%20of%20the%20Earth%20rotation%20response%20to%20a%20rapid%20fluctuation%20of%20Southern.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL050671

International audience At seasonal and shorter periods the solid Earth and its overlying geophysical fluids form a closed dynamical system, which (except for tidal forcing) conserves its total angular momentum. While atmospheric effects dominate changes in the Earth's rate of rotation and hence...