On the representation error in data assimilation

Janjic, T., Bormann, N., Bocquet, M., Carton, J. A., Cohn, S. E., Dance, S. L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1690-3338, Losa, S. N., Nichols, N. K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-5220, Potthast, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6794-2500, Waller, J. A. and Weston, P. (2018) On the representation error in data assimilation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144 (713). pp. 1257-1278. ISSN 0035-9009 doi: 10.1002/qj.3130

Abstract/Summary

Representation, representativity, representativeness error, forward interpolation error, forward model error, observation operator error, aggregation error and sampling error are all terms used to refer to components of observation error in the context of data assimilation. This paper is an attempt to consolidate the terminology that has been used in the earth sciences literature and was suggested at a European Space Agency workshop held in Reading in April 2014. We review the state-of-the-art, and through examples, motivate the terminology. In addition to a theoretical framework, examples from application areas of satellite data assimilation, ocean reanalysis and atmospheric chemistry data assimilation are provided. Diagnosing representation error statistics as well as their use in state-of-the-art data assimilation systems is discussed within a consistent framework.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/71548
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/qj.3130
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	Wiley
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