Fitting model fields to observations by using singular value decomposition: An ensemble-based 4DVar approach

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Qiu, Chongjian ^a   Shao, Aimei ^a   Xu, Qin ^b   Wei, Li ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; CURVE FITTING; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; VECTORS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; SIMULATION;

EID: 34548092511     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007994     Document Type: Article

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