Controllability, not chaos, key criterion for ocean state estimation

The Lagrange multiplier method for combining observations and models (i.e., the adjoint method or <q>4D-VAR</q>) has been avoided or approximated when the numerical model is highly nonlinear or chaotic. This approach has been adopted primarily due to difficulties in the initialization...

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Main Authors: G. Gebbie, T.-L. Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:https://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/24/351/2017/npg-24-351-2017.pdf