Signatures of nonlinear dynamics in an idealized atmospheric model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Kondrashov, Dmitri ^a   Kravtsov, Sergey ^b   Ghil, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Baroclinic models; Empirical orthogonal functions; Nonlinear dynamics; Quasigeostrophic models

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DYNAMICS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BAROCLINIC MODELS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; LOW ORDER; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; THREE-LEVEL;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79251512944     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3524.1     Document Type: Article

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