Atmospheric data analysis with the i-variability diagram method: Hint to fractional Brownian motion-like phenomena for the inner structure of clouds

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 269-277

  Ivanova, K ^a   Ausloos, M ^b   Davis, A B ^c   Ackerman, T P ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DATA ANALYSIS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033366263     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00293-9     Document Type: Article

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