An investigation into the application of an ensemble Kalman smoother to high-dimensional geophysical systems

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 60 A, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-112

  Khare, Shree P ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Hoar, Timothy J ^a   Nychka, Douglas ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 37549047187     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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