On the spectral equations and the statistical energy spectrum of atmospheric motions in the frequency domain1

Wan-Cheng Chiu

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v22i6.10257

On the spectral equations and the statistical energy spectrum of atmospheric motions in the frequency domain1

Tellus

Volume 22 (1970): Issue 6

By: Wan-Cheng Chiu

Open Access

|Jan 1970

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