A wavelet approach to representing background error covariances in a limited-area model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1279-1294

  Deckmyn, Alex ^a   Berre, Loïk ^b  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CORRELATION MATRIX; COVARIANCES; ORTHOGONAL MEYER WAVELETS; WAVELET FUNCTIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444482470     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2929.1     Document Type: Article

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