Dynamics and predictability of a low-order wind-driven ocean-atmosphere coupled model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1981-1998

  Vannitsem, Stéphane ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chaotic dynamics; Low order coupled ocean atmosphere; Lyapunov exponents; Predictability; Wind driven

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC MODE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; GYRE; WIND;

PIERINI;

EID: 84897574071     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1815-8     Document Type: Article

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