Calibration/Data Assimilation Approach for Integrating GRACE Data into the WaterGAP Global Hydrology Model (WGHM) Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter: First Results

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1285-1309

  Eicker, Annette ^a   Schumacher, Maike ^a   Kusche, Jürgen ^a   Döll, Petra ^b   Schmied, Hannes Müller ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Physical Geography   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensemble Kalman filter; Gain matrix; GRACE; WaterGAP

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDROLOGY; KALMAN FILTERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; GAIN MATRICES; GRACE; WATERGAP;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 84939873951     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: 15730956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-014-9309-8     Document Type: Article

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