Data Assimilation Making Sense Of Observations William Albert Lahoz Boris Khattatov Richard Menard Eds by William Albert Lahoz; Boris Khattatov; Richard Ménard (eds.) 9783540747031, 3540747036 instant download after payment.

Part A Theory.- 1. Data Assimilation and Information.- 2. Mathematical Concepts of Data Assimilation.- 3. Variational Assimilation.- 4. Ensemble Kalman Filter: Status and Potential.- 5. Error Statistics in Data Assimilation: Estimation and Modelling.- 6. Bias Estimation.- 7. The Principle of Energetic Consistency in Data Assimilation.- 8. Evaluation of Assimilation Algorithms.- .9 Initialization.- Part B Observations.- 10.The Global Observing System.- 11. Assimilation of Operational Data.- 12. Research Satellites.- Part C Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynmaics.- 13. General Concepts in Meteorology and Dynamics.- 14. The Role of the Model in the Data Assimilation System.- 15. Numerical Weather Prediction.- Part D Atmospheric Chemistry.- 16. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry and Constituent Transport.- 17. Representation and Modelling of Uncertainties in Chemistry and Transport Models.- 18. Constituent Assimilation.- 19. Inverse Modelling and Combined State-source Estimation for Chemical Weather.- Part E Wider Applications.- 20. Ocean Data Assimilation.- 21. Land Surface Data Assimilation.- 22. Assimilation of GPS Soundings in Ionospheric Models.- Part F The Longer View.- 23. Reanalysis: Data Assimilation for Scientific Investigation of Climate.- 24. Observing System Simulation Experiments.- 25 Data Assimilation for Other Planets,- Appendix.- Index