On the theoretical equivalence of differently proposed ensemble - 3DVAR hybrid analysis schemes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 222-227

  Wang, Xuguang ^a,b   Snyder, Chris ^c   Hamill, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCE; ENSEMBLE COVARIANCE; HYBRID ENSEMBLE-THREE-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS SCHEMES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

METEOROLOGY;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846680583     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3282.1     Document Type: Article

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