Optimality of variational data assimilation and its relationship with the Kalman filter and smoother

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 572, 2001, Pages 661-683

  Li, Z ^a   Navon, I M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Kalman filter; Kalman smoother; Optimality

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL METHOD; SMOOTHING;

EID: 0035088274     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57219     Document Type: Article

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