A comparison of 4DVar with ensemble data assimilation methods

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 678, 2014, Pages 281-294

  Fairbairn, D ^a,b   Pring, S R ^b   Lorenc, A C ^b   Roulstone, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4DEnVar; Additive inflation; Covariance; Localization; Model error; Observation density

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

4DENVAR; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; COVARIANCE; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; LOCALIZATION; MODEL ERRORS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84921451689     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2135     Document Type: Article

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