Conditional nonlinear optimal perturbation and its applications to the studies of weather and climate predictability

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2401-2407

  Mu, Mu ^a   Duan, Wansuo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optimization; Nonlinearity; Perturbation; Predictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749852726     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-426     Document Type: Review

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