Validation of an EnKF system for OGCM initialization assimilating temperature, salinity, and surface height measurements

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-139

  Leeuwenburgh, Olwijn ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ERROR CORRECTION; KALMAN FILTERING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADAPTIVE BIAS CORRECTION SCHEME; ASSIMILATION-INDUCED BIAS; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OCEAN MODEL; SUBSURFACE BIAS; TIME-DEPENDENT ERRORS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 33846708110     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3272.1     Document Type: Article

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