Scalling collapse and structure functions: Identifying self-affinity in finite length time series

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 767-774

  Chapman, Sandra C ^a   Hnat, B ^a   Rowlands, G ^a   Watkins, N W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCALE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 30744448162     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-767-2005     Document Type: Article

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