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Universal Multifractals Do Exist!: Comments on “A Statistical Analysis of Mesoscale Rainfall as a Random Cascade”

D. Schertzer Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

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S. Lovejoy Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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01 Sep 1997
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1296:UMDECO>2.0.CO;2
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1296–1303
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Corresponding author address: Dr. Daniel Schertzer, Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, Boite 162, Université Peirre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, Cedex 05,France.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Daniel Schertzer, Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, Boite 162, Université Peirre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, Cedex 05,France.

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