Ensemble-based chemical data assimilation. I: General approach

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 626 A, 2007, Pages 1229-1243

  Constantinescu, Emil M ^a   Sandu, Adrian ^a   Chai, Tianfeng ^b   Carmichael, Gregory R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

4D Var; Chemical Transport models; Data assimilation; Ensemble Kalman filter

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DATA PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTERS; TROPOSPHERE; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; VARIATIONAL TOOL;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR QUALITY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34548246578     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.76     Document Type: Article

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