A hybrid ensemble Kalman filter-3D variational analysis scheme

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 II, 2000, Pages 2905-2919

  Hamill, Thomas M ^a   Snyder, Chris ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW; KALMAN THREE DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; MODEL;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033792589     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2905:ahekfv>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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