Using neutral singular vectors to study low-frequency atmospheric variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3206-3222

  Goodman, Jason C ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VECTOR;

EID: 0037113292     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<3206:UNSVTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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