Discretization error and signal/error correlation in atmospheric data assimilation (I). All scales resolved

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-53

  Mitchell, Herschel L ^a   Daley, Roger ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SIGNAL; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR; INTERPOLATION; KALMAN FILTER; SCALE;

EID: 0030860940     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i1.12210     Document Type: Article

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