An ensemble-based four-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme. Part I: Technical formulation and preliminary test

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3363-3373

  Liu, Chengsi ^a,b   Xiao, Qingnong ^b   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; COVARIANCE MATRIX; FORECASTING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADJOINT MODELS; BACKGROUND FIELD; COMPUTATION COSTS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ERROR COVARIANCE MATRIX; ERROR COVARIANCES; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; PROMISING APPROACH; REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; SOUND ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 53649085420     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2312.1     Document Type: Article

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