Multi-model fusion and error parameter estimation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 613, 2006, Pages 3397-3408

  Logutov, O G ^a   Robinson, A R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive methods; Data assimilation; Ocean and atmospheric forecasting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE METHODS; BAYESIAN MODEL; COMBINING MODEL; COVARIANCE MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR PARAMETERS; ESTIMATION METHODOLOGIES; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; FORECASTING MODELS; FORECASTING SYSTEM; LOW RANK APPROXIMATIONS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; MISSING DATA; MODEL ERRORS; MONTEREY BAY; MULTI-MODEL; MULTI-MODEL FUSION; OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC FORECASTING; OCEAN FORECASTS; PARAMETRIC FAMILY; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME FORECASTING; SMALL SAMPLES; STATE-SPACE; UNCERTAINTY PARAMETERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; DATA PROCESSING; METAL ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

HUMULUS;

EID: 36148985393     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.99     Document Type: Article

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