Xiangjun Tian authored and/or contributed to the following articles/publications.
The En4DVar method is designed to combine the flow-dependent statistical covariance information of EnKF into the traditional 4DVar method. However, the En4DVar method is still hampered by its strong dependence on the adjoint model of the underlying forecast model and by its complexity, maintenance requirements, and the high cost of computer impl...
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