EnKF and hybrid gain ensemble data assimilation. Part II: EnKF and hybrid gain results

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4865-4882

  Bonavita, Massimo ^a   Hamrud, Mats ^a   Isaksen, Lars ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Kalman filters; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Models and modeling

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERS; METEOROLOGY;

COMPONENT SYSTEMS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE BASED DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; HYBRID DATUM; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTATIONS; STATE OF THE ART; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOSTATISTICS; KALMAN FILTER; MODELING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84957804974     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0071.1     Document Type: Article

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