Fractal behavior of ozone, wind and temperature in the lower stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1271-1274

  Tuck, A F ^a   Hovde, S J ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FRACTALS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OZONE LAYER; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND; LAMINATES; OZONE;

AIRBORNE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; WIND SPEED;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FRACTALS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; DEGREE OF FIDELITY; FRACTAL BEHAVIORS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PERSISTENT VARIABLES; POWER LAW SCALINGS; SELF-AFFINE FRACTALS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

EID: 0033134213     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900233     Document Type: Article

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