Diagnosis of optimal perturbation evolution in the Eady model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-185

  Morgan, Michael C ^a   Chen, Chih Chieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; VORTEX FLOW; WAVES;

EDGE WAVES;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

CYCLOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 0036323825     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0169:DOOPEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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