A probabilistic theory for balance dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2949-2960

  Hakim, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; DYNAMICS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAVES;

BAYES' THEOREMS; CONTROL VARIABLES; DYNAMICS MODELS; ELLIPTICAL VORTICES; GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; HEIGHT CONTROLS; JOINT PROBABILITIES; LINEAR DYNAMICS; LIOUVILLE EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITIES; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORKS; PROBABILISTIC INVERSIONS; PROBABILISTIC THEORIES; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; PROPAGATING PULSES; SHALLOW WATERS; STATE VARIABLES; TROPICAL CIRCULATIONS; WAVE ACTIVITIES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVE; KALMAN FILTER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ROSSBY NUMBER; VORTEX; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 52149116227     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2499.1     Document Type: Article

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