Ensemble size, balance, and model-error representation in an ensemble Kalman filter

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2791-2808

  Mitchell, Herschel L ^a   Houtekamer, P L ^a   Pellerin, Gérard ^a  

^a Direction Recherche Meteorologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

PARAMETERIZATIONS;

WEATHERING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; MODEL;

EID: 0036853557     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2791:ESBAME>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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