Closures for ensemble-mean linear dynamics with stochastic basic flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 497-514

  Jin, F F ^a,b   Lin, L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ENSEMBLE-MEAN SOLUTIONS; STOCHASTIC BASIC FLOWS; SYNOPTIC EDDY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BAROTROPIC MODE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LINEARITY; ROSSBY WAVE; STOCHASTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33847668739     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3845.1     Document Type: Article

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