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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2637-2017
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Research article
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02 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 02 Jun 2017
Role of forcing uncertainty and background model error characterization in snow data assimilation
Sujay V. Kumar
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Jiarui Dong
I.M. Systems Group Inc., Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA NCEP, College Park, MD, USA
Christa D. Peters-Lidard
Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics, Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
David Mocko
Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA, USA
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Breogán Gómez
Research to Operations, Met Office, Exeter, UK
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Short summary
Data assimilation deals with the blending of model forecasts and observations based on their relative errors. This paper addresses the importance of accurately representing the errors in the model forecasts for skillful data assimilation performance.
Data assimilation deals with the blending of model forecasts and observations based on their...
