Four-dimensional variational data assimilation: A new formulation of the background-error covariance matrix based on a potential-vorticity representation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 593 PART B, 2003, Pages 2777-2796

  Cullen, M J P ^a  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Eigenvalues

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VORTEX FLOW;

DATA ASSIMILATION;

METEOROLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EIGENVALUE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0141688455     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.10     Document Type: Article

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