A variational method for correcting non-systematic errors in numerical weather prediction

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1650-1660

  Shao, AiMei ^a   Xi, Shuang ^a   Qiu, ChongJian ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Error correction; Non systematic error; Shallow water equation model; Single Value Decomposition; Variational method

Indexed keywords

DIAGONAL MATRICES; FORECASTING ERROR; INVERSE MAPPING; MODEL ERRORS; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SINGLE VALUE DECOMPOSITIONS; VARIATIONAL METHOD; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERICS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERROR CORRECTION;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 76349098915     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0139-3     Document Type: Article

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