reflecting El Niño events and quasi-biennial oscillations have also been observed. There is now general agreement that most of the changes in LOD on time scales from weeks to a few years are excited by changes in AAM.

Exchange of angular momentum

One means of exchange of angular momentum between the atmosphere and the non-gaseous parts of Earth is evaporation and precipitation. The water cycle moves massive quantities of water between the oceans

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