An intercomparison between low-frequency variability indices

P. Bongioannini Cerlini; S. Corti; S. Tibaldi

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14492

An intercomparison between low-frequency variability indices

Tellus

Volume 51 (1999): Issue 5

By: P. Bongioannini Cerlini, S. Corti and S. Tibaldi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14492 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Page range: 773 - 789

Submitted on: Sep 14, 1998

Accepted on: Jun 17, 1999

Published on: Jan 1, 1999

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