Hidden error variance theory. part I: Exposition and analytic model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1454-1468

  Bishop, Craig H ^a   Satterfield, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CONDITIONAL VARIANCE; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATIONS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FORECAST ERROR VARIANCE; LIKELIHOOD DISTRIBUTION; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORECASTING;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878190673     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00118.1     Document Type: Article

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