Invariant measures and asymptotic Gaussian bounds for normal forms of stochastic climate model

Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-368

  Yuan, Yuan ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison principle; Fokker Planck equation; Global estimates of probability density function; Invariant measure; Reduced stochastic climate model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027926645     PISSN: 02529599     EISSN: 18606261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11401-011-0647-2     Document Type: Article

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