Error covariance modeling in the GMAO ocean ensemble Kalman filter

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2964-2982

  Keppenne, Christian L ^a,b   Rienecker, Michele M ^a   Jacob, Jossy P ^a,b   Kovach, Robin ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Science Applications International Corperation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; KALMAN FILTERS; NASA; OCEAN CURRENTS; WAVE FILTERS;

BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; CURRENT SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ERROR COVARIANCE MODELING; GLOBAL MODELING; MEMORY LIMITATIONS; MODEL RESOLUTION; NOISE REPRESENTATIONS; OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL FILTERING; STEADY-STATE ERRORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MODELING;

EID: 53249092256     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2243.1     Document Type: Article

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