On the kalman filter error covariance collapse into the unstable subspace

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Trevisan, A ^a   Palatella, L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79953177870     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-243-2011     Document Type: Article

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