Estimating the correlation dimension of atmospheric time series

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 211-229

  Shirer, Hampton N ^a,b   Fosmire, Christian J ^a   Wells, Robert ^a   Suciu, Laurentia ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CORRELATION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 0030729671     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0211:etcdoa>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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