A closer look at chaotic advection in the stratosphere. Part II : Statistical diagnostics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 4153-4166

  Ngan, Keith ^a,b   Shepherd, Theodore G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CHAOTIC ADVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ADVECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0033573398     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<4153:ACLACA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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