Ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation in a Babcock-Leighton solar dynamo model: An observation system simulation experiment for reconstructing meridional flow speed

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5361-5369

  Dikpati, Mausumi ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^b   Mitra, Dhrubaditya ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NORDITA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

data assimilation; meridional circulation; solar dynamo

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; KALMAN FILTERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; OBSERVATIONAL ERRORS; SOLAR DYNAMO; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; MERIDIONAL FLOWS; RESEARCH TESTBED;

SPEED;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; FLOW VELOCITY; KALMAN FILTER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SIMULATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905305755     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061077     Document Type: Article

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