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Data Assimilation for the Earth System

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: (NAIV, volume 26)

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • R. Swinbank
    Pages 1-8
  3. Introduction to Initialization

    • Peter Lynch
    Pages 97-111
  4. Digital Filter Initialization

    • Peter Lynch
    Pages 113-126
  5. Observing the Atmosphere

    • R. Swinbank
    Pages 137-148
  6. Atmospheric Modelling

    • W. A. Lahoz
    Pages 149-166
  7. Quality Control: Methodology and Applications

    • Pierre Gauthier, Clément Chouinard, Bruce Brasnett
    Pages 177-187

About this book

Data assimilation is the combination of information from observations and models of a particular physical system in order to get the best possible estimate of the state of that system. The technique has wide applications across a range of earth sciences, a major application being the production of operational weather forecasts. Others include oceanography, atmospheric chemistry, climate studies, and hydrology.
Data Assimilation for the Earth System is a comprehensive survey of both the theory of data assimilation and its application in a range of earth system sciences. Data assimilation is a key technique in the analysis of remote sensing observations and is thus particularly useful for those analysing the wealth of measurements from recent research satellites.
This book is suitable for postgraduate students and those working on the application of data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and other earth sciences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Met Office, Bracknell, UK

    Richard Swinbank

  • Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Victor Shutyaev

  • Data Assimilation Research Centre, University of Reading, Reading, UK

    William Albert Lahoz

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