Comparing adjoint- and ensemble-sensitivity analysis with applications to observation targeting

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4117-4134

  Ancell, Brian ^a   Hakim, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTERS; LINEAR REGRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADJOINT-SENSITIVITY; ENSEMBLE SENSITIVITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049160114     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR1904.1     Document Type: Article

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