Fluctuation properties of precipitation. Part I: On deviations of single-size drop counts from the poisson distribution

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2174-2186

  Kostinski, A B ^a   Jameson, A R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RJH Scientific Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0000722440     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2174:FPOPPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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