Controlling instabilities along a 3DVar analysis cycle by assimilating in the unstable subspace: A comparison with the EnKF

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-521

  Carrassi, A ^a,b   Trevisan, A ^c   Descamps, L ^d   Talagrand, O ^d   Uboldi, F ^e  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; INSTABILITY; MODEL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

EID: 46749154290     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-503-2008     Document Type: Article

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