A hybrid nudging-ensemble Kalman filter approach to data assimilation. Part I: Application in the Lorenz system

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lei, Lili ^a   Stauffer, David R ^a   Haupt, Sue Ellen ^a,b   Young, George S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Ensemble Kalman filter (ENKF); Error spikes; Hybrid data assimilation; Lorenz system; Nudging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMOOTHING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84865142667     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18484     Document Type: Article

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