A wavelet representation of synoptic-scale coherent structures

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3116-3138

  Plu, Matthieu ^a   Arbogast, Philippe ^a   Joly, Alain ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTICITY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BAROCLINIC; COHERENT STRUCTURES; CYCLOGENESIS; EQUATION MODELS; MATHEMATICAL DEFINITIONS; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PHYSICAL REALITIES; POTENTIAL VORTICITIES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY INVERSIONS; STATIONARY WAVELET TRANSFORMS; SURFACE CYCLONES; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS; WAVELET REPRESENTATIONS; WAVELET STRUCTURES;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

ALGORITHM; BAROCLINIC MODE; CYCLOGENESIS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 56849089423     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2618.1     Document Type: Article

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