Background error covariance estimation for atmospheric CO2 data assimilation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 10,140-10,154

  Chatterjee, Abhishek ^a,b,c   Engelen, Richard J ^d   Kawa, Stephan R ^e   Sweeney, Colm ^f,g   Michalak, Anna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric CO2; background error covariance matrix; GOSAT CO2; NMC method; spatial and temporal CO2 variations; variational data assimilation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; INFORMATION FILTERING; MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; GOSAT CO2; NMC METHOD; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CO2 VARIATIONS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; GOSAT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84886021280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50654     Document Type: Article

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