Breeding and predictability in the baroclinic rotating annulus using a perfect model

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-487

  Young, R M B ^a   Read, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; MODELING; PREDICTION;

EID: 46849110619     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-469-2008     Document Type: Article

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