Leading Lyapunov vectors of a turbulent baroclinic jet in a quasigeostrophic model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 683-688

  Snyder, Chris ^a   Hamill, Thomas M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TURBULENT FLOW; VECTORS;

LYAPUNOV VECTORS; TURBULENT BAROCLINIC JET;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0041535486     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<0683:LLVOAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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