Growth properties of optimal transition perturbations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2491-2511

  Oortwijn, Jeroen ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BLOCKING; GROWTH PROPERTIES; OPTIMAL TRANSITION PERTURBATIONS; STRONG ZONAL FLOW; THREE LEVEL QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODEL; WAVE PACKETS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; JET STREAM; PERTURBATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032763005     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2491:GPOOTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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