Estimating deformations of random processes for correlation modelling in a limited area model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 671, 2013, Pages 534-547

  Michel, Y ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Background error; Covariance; Data assimilation; Texture; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND ERRORS; CORRELATION MODELLING; COVARIANCE; DATA ASSIMILATION; STATIONARY CORRELATION; STATISTICAL CALIBRATION; VARIATIONAL FORMULATION; WAVELET;

ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TEXTURES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER VISION; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875377563     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1978     Document Type: Article

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