Pattern dynamics, pattern hierarchies, and forecasting in complex multi-scale earth systems

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 789-796

  Rundle, J B ^a   Turcotte, D L ^a   Rundle, P B ^a   Shcherbakov, R ^a   Yakovlev, G ^a   Donnellan, A ^b   Klein, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33750512346     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-789-2006     Document Type: Article

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