Generalized stability theory. Part II: Nonautonomous operators

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2041-2053

  Farrell, Brian F ^a   Ioannou, Petros J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; FLOW; NONAUTONOMOUS OPERATOR;

EID: 0030425614     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2041:GSTPIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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