State and parameter estimation with the extended Kalman filter: An alternative formulation of the model error dynamics

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 655, 2011, Pages 435-451

  Carrassi, Alberto ^a   Vannitsem, Stéphane ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data Assimilation; Model Error

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR COVARIANCE MATRIX; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; FORWARD PROPAGATION; MODEL ERROR; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC ERRORS; PERFECT MODEL; TAYLOR EXPANSIONS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; UNSTABLE DYNAMICS; VARIABLE MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DATA PROCESSING; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; POSITION CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79952524167     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.762     Document Type: Article

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