Nonlinear generalization of singular vectors: Behavior in a baroclinic unstable flow

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1896-1911

  Rivière, Olivier ^a,b   Lapeyre, Guillaume ^a   Talagrand, Olivier ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; EXTRACTION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR GENERALIZATIONS; NONLINEAR SINGULAR VECTOR; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; WAVE-MEAN-FLOW INTERACTION; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC MOTION; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 45849148917     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2378.1     Document Type: Article

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