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In recent years there has been increasing interest in the possibility that there may be dynamically stable nonlinear structures, such as solitons or modons, embedded in the otherwise quasi-two dimensional turbulent flow characterizing the large-scale behavior of the atmosphere. This possibility has important implications for predictability and prediction. It has been suggested, for example, by McWilliams (1980) that dipole blocking structures in the atmosphere may be modons.
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Leith, C.E. (1984). Dynamically Stable Nonlinear Structures. In: Burridge, D.M., Källén, E. (eds) Problems and Prospects in Long and Medium Range Weather Forecasting. Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82132-5_9
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