Data assimilation by field alignment

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-145

  Ravela, Sai ^a   Emanuel, Kerry ^a   McLaughlin, Dennis ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment models; Computational science; Data assimilation; Ensemble filters; Nonlinear geosciences; Position errors; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALIGNMENT MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FILTERS; NONLINEAR GEOSCIENCES; POSITION ERRORS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 34249004702     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.09.035     Document Type: Article

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