An extension of the Lyapunov analysis for the predictability problem

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3409-3416

  Boffetta, G ^a   Giuliani, P ^b   Paladin, G ^b   Vulpiani, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

LORENZ SYSTEMS; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 0033489843     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3409:AEOTLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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