The similarity between optimal precursor and optimally growing initial error in prediction of Kuroshio large meander and its application to targeted observation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 869-884

  Wang, Qiang ^a,b   Mu, Mu ^a,b   Dijkstra, Henk A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

CONDITIONAL NONLINEAR OPTIMAL PERTURBATION; DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS; INITIAL PERTURBATION; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MEANDER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; PREDICTION; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; VORTICITY;

JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84878914500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20084     Document Type: Article

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