A hybrid nudging-ensemble Kalman filter approach to data assimilation. Part II: application in a shallow-water model

Lili Lei; David R. Stauffer; Aijun Deng

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18485

A hybrid nudging-ensemble Kalman filter approach to data assimilation. Part II: application in a shallow-water model

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Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Lili Lei, David R. Stauffer and Aijun Deng

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18485 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 18485 - 18485

Submitted on: Feb 22, 2011

Accepted on: Mar 29, 2012

Published on: Dec 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF),

nudging,

hybrid data assimilation,

dynamic balance,

insertion noise,

shallow-water model

© 2012 Lili Lei, David R. Stauffer, Aijun Deng, published by Stockholm University Press
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