Four-dimensional ensemble-variational data assimilation for global deterministic weather prediction

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 669-682

  Buehner, M ^a   Morneau, J ^a   Charette, C ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; OPTIMIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84884770774     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-20-669-2013     Document Type: Article

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