Error growth and dynamical vectors during southern hemisphere blocking

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-118

  Wei, M ^a,b   Frederiksen, J S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 1842732702     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-99-2004     Document Type: Article

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