Ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation of Thermal Emission Spectrometer temperature retrievals into a Mars GCM

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Greybush, Steven J ^a   Wilson, R John ^b   Hoffman, Ross N ^c   Hoffman, Matthew J ^d   Miyoshi, Takemasa ^a   Ide, Kayo ^a   McConnochie, Timothy ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DUST; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84870605402     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004097     Document Type: Article

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