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Fractal properties of rain, and a fractal model

Tellus
Volume 37 (1985): Issue 3
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|Jan 1985
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v37i3.11668 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 209 - 232
Submitted on: Mar 20, 1984
Accepted on: Nov 26, 1984
Published on: Jan 1, 1985
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1985 S. Lovejoy, B. B. Mandelbrot, published by Stockholm University Press
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