Chemical state estimation for the middle atmosphere by four-dimensional variational data assimilation: A posteriori validation of error statistics in observation space

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Schwinger, J ^a   Elbern, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OZONE; QUALITY CONTROL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; BACKGROUND ERRORS; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCE MODEL; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CHEMICAL STATE ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; EFFICIENT METHOD; FIELD VALUES; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATION ERRORS; OBSERVATION SPACE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OZONE ANALYSIS; OZONE FORECAST; OZONE RETRIEVAL; OZONE SONDES; POSTERIORI; SAGE II; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATE OF THE ART; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 77957604740     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013115     Document Type: Article

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