Combining sensitivities and prior information for covariance localization in the ensemble Kalman filter for petroleum reservoir applications

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-269

  Emerick, Alexandre ^a   Reynolds, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance localization; Ensemble Kalman filter; History matching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; KALMAN FILTER; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952438014     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-010-9198-y     Document Type: Article

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