Low-order stochastic mode reduction for a prototype atmospheric GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 457-479

  Franzke, Christian ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF) DECOMPOSITION; STOCHASTIC MODELING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING;

EID: 33645104155     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3633.1     Document Type: Article

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