Estimating and including observation-error correlations in data assimilation

Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-398

  Miyoshi, Takemasa ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a   Li, Hong ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b Shanghai Typhoon Institute   (China)

Author keywords

adaptive estimation; data assimilation; observation operator; observation error covariances; Shannon entropy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ESTIMATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; OBSERVATION OPERATOR; OBSERVATION-ERROR COVARIANCES; SHANNON ENTROPY;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84873891946     PISSN: 17415977     EISSN: 17415985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17415977.2012.712527     Document Type: Article

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