Limited area weather prediction models viewed as dynamical systems

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 831-842

  Chome F ^a   Nicolis, C ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

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EID: 0033130673     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127499000584     Document Type: Article

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