Adjoint methods in data assimilation for estimating model error

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 469-488

  Griffith, A K ^a   Nichols, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjoint methods; Bias estimation; Data assimilation; Model error; Nonlinear shallow water equations

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ERROR DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

DATA ASSIMILATION;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 0034433022     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011454109203     Document Type: Article

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