DART/CAM: An ensemble data assimilation system for CESM atmospheric models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6304-6317

  Raeder, Kevin ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Collins, Nancy ^a   Hoar, Timothy J ^a   Kay, Jennifer E ^a   Lauritzen, Peter H ^a   Pincus, Robert ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Data assimilation; Ensembles; Kalman filters; Model comparison; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLOUD COVER; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; COMMUNITY FACILITIES; DATA ASSIMILATION; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; ERROR ESTIMATES; FORCINGS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL EVALUATION; QUALITY EVALUATION; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STATE VARIABLES;

CAMS; CLIMATE MODELS; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEA ICE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; KALMAN FILTER; RADIOSONDE; SEA ICE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84867673444     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00395.1     Document Type: Article

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