Comparison of error breeding, singular vectors, random perturbations and ensemble Kalman filter perturbation strategies on a simple model

Neill E. Bowler

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00197.x

Comparison of error breeding, singular vectors, random perturbations and ensemble Kalman filter perturbation strategies on a simple model

Tellus

Volume 58 (2006): Issue 5

By: Neill E. Bowler

Open Access

|Jan 2006

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