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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-09-01
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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 |