Pydlosky

This is the first release of Pydlosky. Version 1.0 will be released upon the publication of the associated article.

Pydlosky is the companion software with the article:

• Revisiting the Dynamical Properties of Pedlosky's Two-Layer Model for Finite Amplitude Baroclinic Waves, De Ro, N., Demaeyer, J., and Vannitsem, S. (2026). Submitted to Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. [preprint]

Please cite this article if you use (a part of) this software for a publication.

The article revisits the Pedlosky quasi-geostrophic model originally proposed by Joseph Pedlosky in the 1970s and 1980s:

• Pedlosky, J. (1970). Finite-amplitude baroclinic waves. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 27(1), 15-30.
• Pedlosky, J. (1971). Finite-amplitude baroclinic waves with small dissipation. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 28(4), 587-597.
• Pedlosky, J., and C. Frenzen (1980). Chaotic and Periodic Behavior of Finite-Amplitude Baroclinic Waves. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 37(6), 1177–1196.