Comparison of hybrid ensemble/4DVar and 4DVar within the NAVDAS-AR data assimilation framework

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2740-2758

  Kuhl, David D ^a   Rosmond, Thomas E ^b   Bishop, Craig H ^a   Mclay, Justin ^a   Baker, Nancy L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SAIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; NAVY OPERATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

ALGORITHMS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84881274951     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00182.1     Document Type: Article

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