Baroclinic empirical orthogonal functions as basis functions in an atmospheric model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2099-2114

  Selten, Frank M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ERRORS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BAROCLINIC EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; HYPOTHESIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; MODEL;

EID: 0031200721     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2099:BEOFAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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