Kalman filters for assimilating near-surface observations into the Richards equation - Part 1: Retrieving state profiles with linear and nonlinear numerical schemes

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2503-2520

  Chirico, G B ^a   Medina, H ^b   Romano, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; KALMAN FILTERS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BACKWARD EULER SCHEME; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; EXPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCES; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; KALMAN FILTER ALGORITHMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM; OPERATIONAL ASSIMILATION; STANDARD KALMAN FILTERS;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; NONLINEARITY; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84903830169     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2503-2014     Document Type: Article

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