Data assimilation with correlated observation errors: Experiments with a 1-D shallow water model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stewart, Laura M ^a   Dance, Sarah L ^a   Nichols, Nancy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximate covariance matrices; Correlated observation errors; Eigendecompositions; Markov correlation structures; Shallow water equations; Variational data assimilation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; EIGENVALUE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MATRIX; REMOTE SENSING; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84882601951     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19546     Document Type: Article

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