"Variable localization" in an ensemble Kalman filter: Application to the carbon cycle data assimilation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kang, Ji Sun ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a   Liu, Junjie ^b   Fung, Inez ^b   Miyoshi, Takemasa ^a   Ide, Kayo ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; COVARIANCE STRUCTURES; DYNAMICAL MODEL; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ERROR COVARIANCES; FORECAST ERRORS; LOCALIZATION SCHEMES; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MODEL ERRORS; NONZERO ERROR; OBSERVING SYSTEM SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; SAMPLING ERRORS; SPACE LOCALIZATION; SURFACE CARBON; SURFACE FLUX; TWIN EXPERIMENTS; WIND FIELD;

KALMAN FILTERS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR CORRECTION; KALMAN FILTER; SAMPLING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 79957462609     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014673     Document Type: Article

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