A linear stochastic model of a GCM's midlatitude storm tracks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3416-3435

  Zhang, Yunqing ^a   Held, Isaac M ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

EDDY STATISTICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); LINEAR STOCHASTIC MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0033208555     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3416:ALSMOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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