Iterative ensemble Kalman filters for data assimilation

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-505

  Li, Gaoming ^a   Reynolds, Albert C ^b  

^a SPE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; VECTORS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DYNAMICAL VARIABLES; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); STRONGLY NONLINEAR;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 70350142319     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/109808-PA     Document Type: Article

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