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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 42, 1990 - Issue 5
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The fractal dimension of relative lagrangian motion

Brian G. SandersonDepartment of Physics and Ocean Science Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, AIB 3X7
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Allan GouldingDepartment of Physics and Ocean Science Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, AIB 3X7
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Akira OkuboMarine Science Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, USA
Pages 550-556 | Received 14 Nov 1988, Accepted 28 Feb 1990, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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