18th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and the 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

6.4

Ensemble four-dimensional variational data assimilation

Milija Zupanski, NOAA/NWS/NCEP and UCAR, Camp Springs, MD

An ensemble four-dimensional variational (4DVAR) data assimilation algorithm will be presented. The method is applied to the NCEP's limited area eta-model in coarse resolution (160km/38lyrs), using operationally available observations.

The algorithm optimally combines nonlinear ensemble forecasts with the 4DVAR data assimilation. Some issues regarding its practical applications, such as error covariance localization, computational cost, need for the adjoint model, etc., will be discussed.

Session 6, Ensembles (Please note that the paper numbering for this session has changed since it was originally published)
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 1:00 PM-2:20 PM

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