Two-dimensional turbulence properties of the ECMWF reanalyses
By: David M. Straus and Peter Ditlevsen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14473 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 749 - 772
Submitted on: Sep 14, 1998
Accepted on: Jun 17, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1999 David M. Straus, Peter Ditlevsen, published by Stockholm University Press
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