Effect of stochastic perturbations on a low-order spectral model of the atmospheric circulation

H. E. de Swart; J. Grasman

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v39i1.11735

Effect of stochastic perturbations on a low-order spectral model of the atmospheric circulation

Tellus

Volume 39 (1987): Issue 1

By: H. E. de Swart and J. Grasman

Open Access

|Jan 1987

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