An adaptive covariance relaxation method for ensemble data assimilation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 692, 2015, Pages 2898-2906

  Ying, Yue ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance inflation; Covariance relaxation; Ensemble Kalman filter; Filter divergence; Sampling and model error

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ERRORS;

COVARIANCE INFLATION; COVARIANCE RELAXATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FILTER DIVERGENCE; MODEL ERRORS;

KALMAN FILTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84946472660     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2576     Document Type: Article

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