Nonlinear data-assimilation using implicit models

We show how the traditional 4D-Var method can be adapted for implicit time-integration and extended for multi-parameter estimation. We present the algorithm for this new method, which we call I4D-Var, and demonstrate its performance using a fully-implicit barotropic quasi-geostrophic model of the wi...

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Main Authors: A. D. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, H. A. Dijkstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2005-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/12/515/2005/npg-12-515-2005.pdf