Offline parameter estimation using EnKF and maximum likelihood error covariance estimates: Application to a subgrid-scale orography parametrization

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 687, 2015, Pages 383-395

  Tandeo, P ^a,b   Pulido, M ^a   Lott, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b LAB STICC   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; EnKF; Offline parameter estimation; Subgrid scale orography parametrization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE MODELS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EM ALGORITHMS; ENKF; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ITERATIVE ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ALGORITHM; OFFLINE; PARAMETRIZATIONS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84924540121     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2357     Document Type: Article

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