Lyapunov exponents of a simple stochastic model of the thermally and wind-driven ocean circulation

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-388

  Monahan, Adam Hugh ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lyapunov exponent; Ocean circulation; Predictability; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0037206756     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(02)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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