An ensemble adjustment kalman filter for the CCSM4 ocean component

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7392-7413

  Karspeck, Alicia R ^a   Yeager, Steve ^a   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^a   Hoar, Tim ^a   Collins, Nancy ^a   Raeder, Kevin ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey ^a   Tribbia, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Data assimilation; Ensembles; Forecasting; Kalman filters; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DATA ASSIMILATION; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; ENSEMBLE ADJUSTMENT KALMAN FILTER; ENSEMBLES; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; SALINITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884968820     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00402.1     Document Type: Article

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