Investigation of processes governing the large-scale variability of the atmosphere using low-order barotropic spectral models as a statistical tool
By: Harald A. Kruse and K. Hasselmann
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v38i1.11694 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 12 - 24
Submitted on: Jan 10, 1985
Accepted on: May 13, 1985
Published on: Jan 1, 1986
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1986 Harald A. Kruse, K. Hasselmann, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.