Measuring information content from observations for data assimilation: Relative entropy versus shannon entropy difference

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-209

  Xu, Qin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENTROPY; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 34247638957     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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