E3DVar: Coupling an ensemble kalman filter with three-dimensional variational data assimilation in a limited-area weather prediction model and comparison to E4DVar

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 900-917

  Zhang, Fuqing ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Poterjoy, Jonathan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Regional models

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; REGIONAL MODEL; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

DATA PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875661845     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00075.1     Document Type: Article

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