On the estimation of transport characteristics of atmospheric data sets

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-467

  Bratseth, Arne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 0032463969     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1998.t01-3-00006.x     Document Type: Article

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