Dependence of singular vector structure and evolution on the choice of norm

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3099-3116

  Kim, Hyun Mee ^a   Morgan, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV); SINGULAR VECTOR (SV);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VECTOR;

EID: 0036870790     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<3099:DOSVSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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