Journal article
Ensemble‐based chemical data assimilation. I: General approach
Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol.133(626), pp.1229-1243
07/2007
DOI: 10.1002/qj.76
Abstract
Data assimilation is the process of integrating observational data and model predictions to obtain an optimal representation of the state of the atmosphere. As more chemical observations in the troposphere are becoming available, chemical data assimilation is expected to play an essential role in air‐quality forecasting, similar to the role it has in numerical weather prediction. Considerable progress has been made recently in the development of variational tools for chemical data assimilation. In this paper we assess the performance of the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) and compare it with a state‐of‐the‐art 4D‐Var approach. We analyse different aspects that affect the assimilation process, and investigate several ways to avoid filter divergence. Results with a real model and real observations show that EnKF is a promising approach for chemical data assimilation. The results also point to several issues on which further research is necessary. Copyright © 2007 Royal Meteorological Society
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Ensemble‐based chemical data assimilation. I: General approach
- Creators
- Emil M ConstantinescuAdrian SanduTianfeng ChaiGregory R Carmichael
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol.133(626), pp.1229-1243
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Chichester, UK
- DOI
- 10.1002/qj.76
- ISSN
- 0035-9009
- eISSN
- 1477-870X
- Number of pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2007
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984003986702771
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