The role of model dynamics in ensemble Kalman filter performance for chaotic systems

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 958-977

  Ng, Gene Hua Crystal ^a,b   McLaughlin, Dennis ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^a   Ahanin, Adel ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 80052912013     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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