A potential vorticity and wave activity diagnosis of optimal perturbation evolution

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2518-2544

  Morgan, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VECTORS; WIND;

SINGULAR VECTOR (SV) EVOLUTION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VORTICITY; WAVE;

EID: 0035439920     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2518:APVAWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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