Article: Selected papers on phase-space optics.(Brief ...
SciTech Book News;  December 1, 2006 ;     539 words ... ... 0819463531 Selected papers on phase-space optics. Ed. by Markus E. Testorf ... previously published key papers on phase-space optics that, combined, provide ... foundation in the basic principles of phase-space methods and detail some of the ...

Article: The Origin of Nonlinear Signatures of Planetary Wave Dynamics: ...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Mean phase space tendencies are investigated to systematically ... systematic investigation of mean phase space tendencies in complex geophysical ... source of the nonlinear signatures in phase space, whereas the unresolved waves contribute ...

Dictionary definition: phase space
A Dictionary of Physics;      356 words ...phase space For a system with n degrees of freedom ... corresponding momentum coordinates, so that the phase space has 6 N -dimensions. If the particles ... then these must be included in the phase space, which is consequently of higher dimension ...

Article: A cyclone phase space derived from thermal wind and ...
Monthly Weather Review;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... defined three-dimensional cyclone phase space is proposed and explored. Cyclone phase ... life cycle can be analyzed within this phase space, providing substantial insight into ... phases are clearly illustrated within the phase space, including extratropical transition ...

Article: Linear and Nonlinear Signatures in the Planetary Wave Dynamics of ...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... general circulation model in a four-dimensional phase space are examined. The phase space is defined by the leading four empirical orthogonal ... characteristic is the state dependence of mean phase space tendencies. Defining the linear component ...

Article: Volume conservation in phase space: A fresh look at ...
Monthly Weather Review;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... conservation of "material" volumes in the phase space of a numerical model. In principle ... flow problems. In particular, the phase space volume occupied by the initial distribution ... of the cloud of initial states in the phase space of the variables of the numerical model ...

Article: On dual phase-space relativity, the Machian ...
Progress in Physics;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Mach's principle of inertia within the context of the Dual Phase Space Relativity which is compatible with the Eddington-Dirac ... corrections to Newtonian dynamics resulting from the Dual Phase Space Relativity by analyzing the behavior of a test particle in ...