Empirical adaptive wavelet decomposition (EAWD): an adaptive decomposition for the variability analysis of observation time series in atmospheric science

Delage, Olivier; Portafaix, Thierry; Bencherif, Hassan; Bourdier, Alain; Lagracie, Emma

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-29-265-2022

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Empirical adaptive wavelet decomposition (EAWD): an adaptive decomposition for the variability analysis of observation time series in atmospheric science

Olivier Delage, Thierry Portafaix, Hassan Bencherif, Alain Bourdier, and Emma Lagracie

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