by Ross Bannister, April 2025 The method of least squares (or MLS, Barlow, 1993) is at the very centre of variational data assimilation (or “Var”, Schlatter, 2000). Var is one…Read More >
observation operator
Are satellite observations really measuring the same thing as your model predicts? Probably not. Here’s what to do about it.
by Tristan Quaife, March 2024 In Data Assimilation it is often necessary to assimilate observation types that are related to, but not directly predicted by, the underlying process model. Achieving…Read More >