Efficient ensemble covariance localization in variational data assimilation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 573-580

  Bishop, Craig H ^a   Hodyss, Daniel ^a   Steinle, Peter ^b   Sims, Holly ^b   Clayton, Adam M ^c   Lorenc, Andrew C ^c   Barker, Dale M ^c   Buehner, Mark ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Data assimilation; Ensembles; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ADVANTAGES; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; GRID POINTS; GRID-SPACINGS; HORIZONTAL COORDINATES; LOCALIZATION FUNCTIONS; LOCALIZATION LENGTH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; VERTICAL COORDINATES;

ALGORITHMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DATA PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; COORDINATE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79953176000     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3405.1     Document Type: Article

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