Evaluation of the impact of observations on analyses in 3D- and 4D-Var based on information content

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 726-737

  Lupu, Cristina ^a   Gauthier, Pierre ^a   Laroche, Sté Phane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Error analysis; In situ observations; Kalman filters; Statistics; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; IN SITU OBSERVATIONS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; POSTERIORI; PRACTICAL METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR STATISTICS; KALMAN FILTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VALUE ENGINEERING;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79954993733     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3404.1     Document Type: Article

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