The ensemble Kalman filter in an operational regional NWP system: Preliminary results with real observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 636, 2008, Pages 1733-1744

  Bonavita, Massimo ^a   Torrisi, Lucio ^a   Marcucci, Francesca ^a  

^a CNMCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive parameter estimation; Ensemble data assimilation; Operational NWP

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; KALMAN FILTERS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ADAPTIVE ESTIMATIONS; ADAPTIVE PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTERS; INFLATION FACTORS; LINEAR ESTIMATION THEORIES; METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC DATUMS; OBSERVATION ERRORS; ONLINE ESTIMATIONS; OPERATIONAL NWP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION.;

WAVE FILTERS;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 57349184316     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.313     Document Type: Article

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