Chaos and predictability of climate

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2881-2890

  Hameed, Sultan ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031521547     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127497001965     Document Type: Article

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