The fractal dimension of drifter trajectories and estimates of horizontal eddy-diffusivity
By: Brian G. Sanderson and David A. Booth
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v43i5.11956 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 334 - 349
Submitted on: Aug 21, 1990
Accepted on: Feb 7, 1991
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1991 Brian G. Sanderson, David A. Booth, published by Stockholm University Press
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