Dynamics of model error: The role of unresolved scales revisited

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1740-1753

  Nicolis, Catherine ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; MEAN QUADRIATIC ERRORS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 4344605261     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1740:DOMETR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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