Estimation of length scales from mesoscale networks

Danijel Belušić; Larry Mahrt

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00328.x

Estimation of length scales from mesoscale networks

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 4

By: Danijel Belušić and Larry Mahrt

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00328.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 706 - 715

Submitted on: Aug 28, 2007

Accepted on: Mar 3, 2008

Published on: Jan 1, 2008

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