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The Impact of Observational Errors On Objective Analyses

Abstract

The impact of observational errors on objective analyses is investigated with mathematical analyses, analytical examples, and real data experiments. Cases with observational errors at one or more stations are considered. It is found that in the presence of observational errors, the analysis error in an objective analysis scheme generally consists of two parts: the signal fitting error and the noise contamination error. Although every objective analysis scheme has its own procedure(s) to control the two errors, the procedures to suppress the noise contamination error in one and two dimensions are shown to be relatively ineffective. It is shown that the extension of an objective analysis method to more dimensions significantly reduces the noise contamination. Based on these results, higher dimensional versions of the least squares polynomial fitting (LSPF) methods and the Barnes scheme are examined. In both analytic and real data experiments, the 3D and 4D LSPF methods and the 3D Barnes scheme show an enhanced ability to filter observational noise.

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YES
ISSN
0022-4928
Volume
55
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Accepted On
August 21, 1997
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Publication Name
Journal of The Atmospheric Sciences
Published On
August 21, 1997
Publisher Name
Amer Meteorological Soc
Print Volume
55
Print Number
10
Submitted On
April 12, 1996

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