On the simulation of continuous in scale universal multifractals, part I: Spatially continuous processes

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1393-1403

  Lovejoy, S ^a,b   Schertzer, D ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Universite Paris Est   (France)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Fractals; Multifractals; Numerical simulations; Scaling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CASCADE PROCESS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; INTEGER POWER; MATHEMATICA; MULTIFRACTALS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PASSIVE SCALARS; POWER LAW SCALINGS; REALISTIC SIMULATION; ROCK DENSITY; SCALE RATIO; SCALING; SOLID EARTH; TIME SIMULATIONS; TURBULENT SYSTEMS; TWO-PART SERIES; UNIVERSAL MULTI-FRACTALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

FRACTALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 78149470600     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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