A Practical Guide to Wavelet Analysis

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-78

  Torrence, Christopher ^a,b   Compo, Gilbert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 1542680533     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0061:APGTWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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