The local ensemble transform Kalman filter and the running-in-place algorithm applied to a global ocean general circulation model

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1031-1046

  Penny, S G ^a,b,e   Kalnay, E ^b   Carton, J A ^b   Hunt, B R ^b,c   Ide, K ^a,b   Miyoshi, T ^b,d   Chepurin, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science ^*  (United States)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PROBABILITY; SALINITY;

EID: 84890071394     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-20-1031-2013     Document Type: Article

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