The role of large-scale spatial patterns in the chaotic amplification of perturbations in a Lorenz'96 model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 978-990

  Herrera, S ^a   Pazo D ^a   Fernandez J ^b   Rodriguez M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PERTURBATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 80052880935     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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