Data assimilation and numerical forecasting with imperfect models: The mapping paradigm

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 146-158

  Toth, Zoltan ^a   Peña, Malaquias ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic model error; Initializing imperfect models; Model drift; Numerical forecasting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHAOS THEORY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ASYMPTOTIC MODEL ERRORS; INITIALIZING IMPERFECT MODELS; MODEL DRIFT; NUMERICAL FORECASTING;

FORECASTING;

EID: 34248642590     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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