On statistics of the free-troposphere synoptic component: an evaluation of skewnesses and mixed third-order moments contribution to the synoptic-scale dynamics and fluxes of heat and humidity

Vladimir Petoukhov; Alexey V. Eliseev; Rupert Klein; Hermann Oesterle

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00276.x

On statistics of the free-troposphere synoptic component: an evaluation of skewnesses and mixed third-order moments contribution to the synoptic-scale dynamics and fluxes of heat and humidity

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By: Vladimir Petoukhov, Alexey V. Eliseev, Rupert Klein and Hermann Oesterle

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