Low-frequency variability in a baroclinic β channel with land-sea contrast

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2267-2293

  Kravtsov, Sergey ^a   Robertson, A W ^a   Ghil, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL FORCING;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC MOTION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0141940273     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2267:LVIABC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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