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Table 2

Periodic components of the atmospheric equatorial angular momentum $Δ h_{a, x} + i Δ h_{a, y} = \sum_{k} Δ h_{k} \exp (i ν_{k} t)$ $\Delta h_{a,x} + i \Delta h_{a,y} = \sum_k \Delta h_k \exp(i \nu_k t)$ computed with the V-PCM.

Period 2π/ν_k (days)	Amplitude \|Δh_k\| (10²⁴ kg m² s⁻¹)	Phase arg(Δh_k) (°)
243.42	58.15	79
116.84	18.51	188
−116.91	12.63	259
307.70	4.18	199
208.90	4.03	286
58.34	3.64	187
180.65	3.20	12
398.43	2.75	193
−58.57	2.71	126
−20.35	2.56	56
154.61	2.38	234
574.08	1.95	172
20.34	1.46	357
−389.66	1.43	248

Notes. Time origin for the phases is taken at solar midnight.

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