Implicit particle filtering for models with partial noise, and an application to geomagnetic data assimilation

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-382

  Morzfeld, M ^a   Chorin, A J ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MATRIX; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84873147023     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-19-365-2012     Document Type: Article

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