Initial condition and parameter estimation in physical 'on-off' processes by variational data assimilation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 736-741

  Wang, Jiafeng ^a,b   Mu, Mu ^a   Zheng, Qin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 32144464490     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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