Lyapunov, Floquet, and singular vectors for baroclinic waves

The dynamics of the growth of linear disturbances to a chaotic basic state is analyzed in an asymptotic model of weakly nonlinear, baroclinic wave-mean interaction. In this model, an ordinary differential equation for the wave amplitude is coupled to a partial differential equation for the zonal...

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Main Author: R. M. Samelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2001-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/8/439/2001/npg-8-439-2001.pdf