Data assimilation in a system with two scales - Combining two initialization techniques

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-549

  Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^b   Yang, Shu Chih ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 67651037262     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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