Comparison of local ensemble transform Kalman filter, 3DVAR, and 4DVAR in a quasigeostrophic model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 693-709

  Yang, Shu Chih ^a,b,f   Corazza, Matteo ^c   Carrassi, Alberto ^d   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a   Miyoshi, Takemasa ^e  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^d ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^e JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; CHANNEL MODEL; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE AVERAGING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; PERFECT MODEL; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

CONTROL THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; KALMAN FILTERS;

WINDOWS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68249159681     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2396.1     Document Type: Article

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