A mathematical framework for stochastic climate models

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 891-974

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Timofeyev, Ilya ^a   Eijnden, Eric Vanden ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035607876     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.1014     Document Type: Article

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