Optimal localization for ensemble kalman filter systems

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 585-597

  Periáñez, África ^a,b   Reich, Hendrik ^a   Potthast, Roland ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive methods; Ensemble kalman filter; Localization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER;

EID: 84924674361     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2014-605     Document Type: Article

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