A space-time multiscale analysis system: A sequential variational analysis approach

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1224-1240

  Xie, Y ^a   Koch, S ^a   McGinley, J ^a   Albers, S ^a,b   Bieringer, P E ^c   Wolfson, M ^d   Chan, M ^d  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Kalman filters; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

BARNES ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MONITORING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; DATA SETS; ENSEMBLES; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTIGRID TECHNIQUE; MULTISCALES; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; OUTFLOW BOUNDARY; STANDARD STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; TEST CASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL APPROACHES; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

KALMAN FILTERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE; KALMAN FILTER; OUTFLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79955127661     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3338.1     Document Type: Article

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