Challenges in Climate Science and Contemporary Applied Mathematics

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 920-948

  Majda, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860312890     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 10970312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.21401     Document Type: Article

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