Articles | Volume 16, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4233-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4233-2023
Development and technical paper
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27 Jul 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 27 Jul 2023

Simplified Kalman smoother and ensemble Kalman smoother for improving reanalyses

Bo Dong, Ross Bannister, Yumeng Chen, Alison Fowler, and Keith Haines

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Traditional Kalman smoothers are expensive to apply in large global ocean operational forecast and reanalysis systems. We develop a cost-efficient method to overcome the technical constraints and to improve the performance of existing reanalysis products.
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