Comparing the ensemble and extended Kalman filters for in situ soil moisture assimilation with contrasting conditions

Two data assimilation (DA) methods are compared for their ability to produce an accurate soil moisture analysis using the Météo-France land surface model: (i) SEKF, a simplified extended Kalman filter, which uses a climatological background-error covariance, and (ii) EnSRF, t...

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Main Authors: D. Fairbairn, A. L. Barbu, J.-F. Mahfouf, J.-C. Calvet, E. Gelati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-12-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/19/4811/2015/hess-19-4811-2015.pdf