Can quasigeostrophic turbulence be modeled stochastically?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1617-1633

  Delsole, Timothy ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV MODEL; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030466551     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1617:CQTBMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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