Systematic strategies for stochastic mode reduction in climate

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1705-1722

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Timofeyev, Ilya ^a   Vanden Eijden, Eric ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EXTRATROPICAL ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 0043127074     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1705:SSFSMR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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