Spectral and spatial localization of background-error correlations for data assimilation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 624 PART A, 2007, Pages 615-630

  Buehner, Mark ^a   Charron, Martin ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Covariance localization; Ensemble Kalman filter; Variational data assimilation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CORRELATION THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COVARIANCE LOCALIZATION; MESOSCALE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTING; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

METEOROLOGY;

CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34250011477     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.50     Document Type: Article

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