Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications (Vol. III)

1. Variational Data Assimilation: Optimization and Optimal Control
François-Xavier Dimet, Ionel M. Navon, Răzvan Ştefănescu

2. Data Assimilation for Coupled Modeling Systems
Milija Županski

3. Representer-Based Variational Data Assimilation Systems: A Review
Boon S. Chua, Liang Xu

4. Adjoint-Free 4D Variational Data Assimilation into Regional Models
M. Yaremchuk, P. Martin, G. Panteleev, C. Beattie, A. Koch

5. Convergence of a Class of Weak Solutions to the Strong Solution of a Linear Constrained Quadratic Minimization Problem: A Direct Proof Using Matrix Identities
S. Lakshmivarahan

6. Information Quantification for Data Assimilation
Sarah King, Wei Kang, Liang Xu, Nancy L. Baker

7. Quantification of Forecast Uncertainty and Data Assimilation Using Wiener’s Polynomial Chaos Expansion
Junjun Hu, S. Lakshmivarahan, John M. Lewis

8. The Treatment, Estimation, and Issues with Representation Error Modelling
Daniel Hodyss, Elizabeth Satterfield

9. Soil Moisture Data Assimilation
Viviana Maggioni, Paul R. Houser

10. Surface Data Assimilation and Near-Surface Weather Prediction over Complex Terrain
Zhaoxia Pu

11. Recent Developments in Bottom Topography Mapping Using Inverse Methods
Edward D. Zaron

12. The Impact of Doppler Wind Lidar Measurements on High-Impact Weather Forecasting: Regional OSSE and Data Assimilation Studies
Zhaoxia Pu, Lei Zhang, Shixuan Zhang, Bruce Gentry, David Emmitt, Belay Demoz, Robert Atlas

13. A Three-Dimensional Variational Radar Data Assimilation Scheme Developed for Convective Scale NWP
Jidong Gao

14. Data Assimilation Experiments of Refractivity Observed by JMA Operational Radar
Hiromu Seko, Ei-ichi Sato, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Toshitaka Tsuda

15. Assessment of Radiative Effect of Hydrometeors in Rapid Radiative Transfer Model in Support of Satellite Cloud and Precipitation Microwave Data Assimilation
Peiming Dong, Wei Han, Wei Li, Shuanglong Jin

16. Toward New Applications of the Adjoint Sensitivity Tools in Data Assimilation
Dacian N. Daescu, Rolf H. Langland

17. GPS PWV Assimilation with the JMA Nonhydrostatic 4DVAR and Cloud Resolving Ensemble Forecast for the 2008 August Tokyo Metropolitan Area Local Heavy Rainfalls
Kazuo Saito, Yoshinori Shoji, Seiji Origuchi, Le Duc

18. Validation and Operational Implementation of the Navy Coastal Ocean Model Four Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation System (NCOM 4DVAR) in the Okinawa Trough
Scott Smith, Hans Ngodock, Matthew Carrier, Jay Shriver, Philip Muscarella, Innocent Souopgui

19. Stratospheric and Mesospheric Data Assimilation: The Role of Middle Atmospheric Dynamics
Saroja Polavarapu, Manuel Pulido

20. A Coupled Atmosphere-Chemistry Data Assimilation: Impact of Ozone Observation on Structure of a Tropical Cyclone
Seon Ki Park, Sujeong Lim, Milija Županski

21. Adjoint Sensitivity with a Nested Limited Area Atmospheric Model
Clark Amerault

22. On the Impact of the Diabatic Component in the Forecast Sensitivity Observation Impact Diagnostics
Marta Janisková, Carla Cardinali

23. Application of Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbation to Target Observations for High-Impact Ocean-Atmospheric Environmental Events
Qiang Wang, Mu Mu

24. Responses of Terrestrial Ecosystem to Climate Change: Results from Approach of Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbation of Parameters
Guodong Sun, Mu Mu

Avainsanat: Environment, Math. Appl. in Environmental Science, Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization, Simulation and Modeling, Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography