Estimating parameters for a stochastic dynamic marine ecological system

Environmetrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-515

  Dowd, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Nonlinear dynamics; Numerical models; Parameter estimation; Particle filters; Sequential Monte Carlo; State augmentation; State space models; Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DATA ASSIMILATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATORY; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79955634438     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1083     Document Type: Article

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