To what extent is your data assimilation scheme designed to find the posterior mean, the posterior mode or something else?

Recently there has been a surge in interest in coupling ensemble-based data assimilation methods with variational methods (commonly referred to as 4DVar). Here we discuss a number of important differences between ensemble-based and variational methods that ought to be considered when attempting to f...

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Main Authors: Daniel Hodyss, Craig H. Bishop, Matthias Morzfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-09-01
Series:Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/30625/49005