Stochastic models to represent the temporal variability of zonal average cloudiness

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2718-2726

  Kärner, Olavi ^a   Rannik, Üllar ^b  

^a ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030391594     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2718:SMTRTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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