Lagrangian coherent structures near a subtropical jet stream

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2307-2319

  Tang, Wenbo ^a   Mathur, Manikandan ^b   Haller, George ^b,d   Hahn, Douglas C ^c,e   Ruggiero, Frank H ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Air Force Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Jets; Lagrangian circulation transport; Stability; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN CIRCULATION/TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURES; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MECHANICAL TURBULENCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; STABILITY RESULTS; SUBTROPICAL JET; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

DATA PROCESSING; HYDRAULICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; JET STREAM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77955577217     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3176.1     Document Type: Article

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