Predictability of linear coupled systems. Part I: Theoretical analyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1474-1486

  Chang, Ping ^a   Saravanan, R ^b   DelSole, Timothy ^c   Wang, Faming ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; WHITE NOISE;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS (EOF); INERTIAL OSCILLATORS; PREDICTABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; EIGENVALUE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542278597     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1474:POLCSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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