A background error covariance model of significant wave height employing Monte Carlo simulation

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 814-821

  Guo, Yanyou ^a,b   Hou, Yijun ^b   Zhang, Chunmei ^c   Yang, Jie ^a  

^a HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c Meteorological Bureau of Lianyungang   (China)

Author keywords

background error covariance; data assimilation; Monte Carlo method; ocean wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867413257     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-012-1278-5     Document Type: Article

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