Identifying Martian atmospheric instabilities and their physical origins using bred vectors

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 672, 2013, Pages 639-653

  Greybush, Steven J ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a,b   Hoffman, Matthew J ^c   Wilson, R John ^d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic and barotropic instabilities; Ensemble forecasting; Kinetic energy equation; Martian atmosphere; Predictability; Weather and climate of mars

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; GAS DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC; ENERGY EQUATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; PREDICTABILITY;

VECTORS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; AUTUMN; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; CLIMATE PREDICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY;

EID: 84888023280     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1990     Document Type: Article

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