Constructing fast-growing perturbations for the nonlinear regime

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2838-2851

  Barkmeijer, Jan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; WEATHER PREDICTION NUMERICAL;

EID: 0030390130     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2838:CFGPFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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