Comparison of statistical dynamical, square root and ensemble kalman filters

Entropy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 684-721

  O'Kane, Terence J ^a   Frederiksen, Jorgen S ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Entropy; Turbulence closures

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149126050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e10040684     Document Type: Article

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