Correlation dimensions of climate subsystems and their geographic variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Gan, Thian Yew ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Seneka, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Chaos; Climate subsystems; Correlation dimensions; Geo potential height; Precipitation; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044441634     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001268     Document Type: Article

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