Dr. Javier Amezcua
Visiting Research Fellow
Education
BSc in Physics Engineering, Monterrey Tech. 2006 MSc in Applied Statistics, Monterrey Tech. 2008 PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland 2012
Research
My research area is data assimilation, predictability and numerical weather forecasting. I am part of the Data Assimilation Research Group (DARC).
Centaur Publications
2023
Ayers, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-8174, Lau, Jack, Amezcua, Javier
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4952-8354, Carrassi, Alberto
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0722-5600 and Ojha, Varun
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9256-1192
(2023)
Supervised machine learning to estimate instabilities in chaotic systems: estimation of local Lyapunov exponents.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149 (753).
pp. 1236-1262.
ISSN 1477-870X
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4450
Amezcua, Javier ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4952-8354, Ren, Haonan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-3305 and Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-5340
(2023)
Using the (iterative) ensemble Kalman smoother to estimate the time correlation in model error.
Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 75 (1).
pp. 108-128.
ISSN 1600-0870
doi: https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusa.55
2022
Lee, Joshua Chun Kwang, Amezcua, Javier and Bannister, Ross Noel (2022) Hybrid ensemble-variational data assimilation in ABC-DA within a tropical framework. Geoscientific Model Development, 15 (15). pp. 6197-6219. ISSN 1991-9603 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2022-3
2021
Amezcua, Javier and Barton, Zak (2021) Assimilating atmospheric infrasound data to constrain atmospheric winds in a two-dimensional grid. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (740). pp. 3530-3554. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4141
Evensen, Geir, Amezcua, Javier, Bocquet, Marc, Carrassi, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0722-5600, Farchi, Alban, Fowler, Alison, Houtekamer, Pieter L., Jones, Christopher K., de Moraes, Rafael J., Pulido, Manuel, Sampson, Christian and Vossepoel, Femke C.
(2021)
An international initiative of predicting the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic using ensemble data assimilation.
Foundations of Data Science, 3 (3).
pp. 413-477.
ISSN 2639-8001
doi: https://doi.org/10.3934/fods.2021001
Pinnington, Ewan, Amezcua, Javier, Cooper, Elizabeth, Dadson, Simon, Ellis, Rich, Peng, Jian, Robinson, Emma, Morrison, Ross, Osborne, Simon and Quaife, Tristan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6896-4613
(2021)
Improving soil moisture prediction of a high-resolution land surface model by parameterising pedotransfer functions through assimilation of SMAP satellite data.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (3).
pp. 1617-1641.
ISSN 1027-5606
doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1617-2021
Ren, Haonan, Amezcua, Javier and Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan (2021) Effects of misspecified time-correlated model error in the (ensemble) Kalman Smoother. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (734). pp. 573-588. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3934
2020
Amezcua, Javier, Nasholm, Peter, Blixt, Marten and Charlton-Perez, Andrew (2020) Assimilation of atmospheric infrasound data to constrain tropospheric and stratospheric winds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (731). pp. 2634-2653. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3809
2019
Skauvold, Jacob, Eidsvik, Jo, Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan and Amezcua, Javier (2019) A revised implicit equal-weights particle filter. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145 (721). ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3506
2018
Amezcua, Javier and Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan (2018) Time-correlated model error in the (ensemble) Kalman smoother. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144 (717). pp. 2650-2665. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3378
Chavez-Arroyo, R., Fernades-Correia, P., Lozano-Galiana, S., Sanz-Rodrigo, J., Amezcua, Javier and Probst, O. (2018) A novel approach to statistical-dynamical downscaling for long-term wind resource predictions. Meteorological Applications, 25 (2). pp. 171-183. ISSN 1469-8080 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/met.1678
2017
Goodliff, Michael, Amezcua, Javier and Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan (2017) A weak-constraint 4DEnsembleVar. Part II: experiments with larger models. Tellus A, 69 (1). 1271565. ISSN 1600-0870 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2016.1271565
Amezcua, Javier, Goodliff, Michael and Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan (2017) A weak-constraint 4DEnsembleVar. Part I: formulation and simple model experiments. Tellus A, 69 (1). 1271564. ISSN 1600-0870 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2016.1271564
2016
Zhu, Mengbin, Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan and Amezcua, Javier (2016) Implicit equal-weights particle filter. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. ISSN 0035-9009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2784
2015
Amezcua, Javier and Williams, Paul D. (2015) The composite-tendency Robert–Asselin–Williams (RAW) filter in semi-implicit integrations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (688). pp. 764-773. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2391
Goodliff, Michael, Amezcua, Javier and Van Leeuwen, Peter (2015) Comparing hybrid data assimilation methods on the Lorenz 1963 model with increasing nonlinearity. Tellus A, 67. ISSN 1600-0870 doi: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.26928
2014
Amezcua, Javier and Van Leeuwen, Peter (2014) Gaussian anamorphosis in the analysis step of the EnKF: a joint state-variable/observation approach. Tellus A, 66. 23493. ISSN 1600-0870 doi: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v66.23493
2013
Amezcua, Javier, Ide, Kayo, Kalnay, Eugenia and Reich, Sebastian (2013) Ensemble transform Kalman-Bucy filters. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (680). pp. 995-1004. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2186
2012
Amezcua, Javier, Ide, Kayo, Bishop, Craig H. and Kalnay, Eugenia (2012) Ensemble clustering in deterministic ensemble Kalman filters. Tellus A, 64. 18039. ISSN 1600-0870 doi: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18039
Amezcua, Javier (2012) Advances in sequential data assimilation and numerical weather forecasting: an Ensemble Transform Kalman-Bucy Filter, a study on clustering in deterministic Ensemble Square Root Filters, and a test of a new time stepping scheme in an atmospheric model. PhD thesis, University of Maryland.
2011
Amezcua, Javier, Munoz, Raul and Probst, Oliver (2011) Reconstruction of gusty wind speed time series from autonomous data logger records. Wind & Structures, 14 (4). pp. 337-357. ISSN 1226-6116
Romo, Alejandro, Amezcua, Javier and Probst, Oliver (2011) Validation of three new measure-correlate-predict models for the long-term prospection of the wind resource. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 3 (2). 023105. ISSN 1941-7012 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3574447
Amezcua, Javier, Kalnay, Eugenia and Williams, Paul D. (2011) The effects of the RAW filter on the climatology and forecast skill of the SPEEDY model. Monthly Weather Review, 139 (2). pp. 608-619. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3530.1
2009
Gallo, Alejandra, Gosch, Rocio, Amezcua, Javier, Reyes, Eleazar and Probst, Oliver (2009) Statistical evaluation of the early-stage development of Jatropha energy plantations in Northeastern Mexico. Intenational Journal of Global Warming, 1 (4). pp. 473-492. ISSN 1758-2091 doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2009.029218
Last update: 29th June 2022