The impact of localization and observation averaging for convective-scale data assimilation in a simple stochastic model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 671, 2013, Pages 515-523

  Craig, George C ^a   Würsch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter; Particle filter

Indexed keywords

BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; IMPORTANCE RE SAMPLINGS; LOCAL OBSERVATIONS; NONLINEAR AMPLIFICATION; PARTICLE FILTER; RANDOM PERTURBATIONS;

EQUIPMENT TESTING; ERRORS; KALMAN FILTERS;

STORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; STORM; TRANSFORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84875382142     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1980     Document Type: Article

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