A hybrid global ocean data assimilation system at NCEP

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4660-4677

  Penny, Stephen G ^a,b   Behringer, David W ^a   Carton, James A ^b   Kalnay, Eugenia ^b  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Data assimilation; Ensembles; Forecasting; Kalman filters; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Models and modeling; Seasonal forecasting; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; ERRORS; FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS;

DATA REDUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84949818401     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00376.1     Document Type: Article

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