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Winter Quarter 2005. (2009)
Instructor: Greg Hakim
Class meets: MWF 2:30-3:20. ATG 310C.
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Prerequisites: interest in geophysical modeling; basic linear algebra.
Textbook: Kalnay (2003).
Grading: 50% homework + 50% class project.
Course description
Syllabus:
highlights from dynamical systems theory.
flow stability and error growth.
deterministic and probabilistic forecasting; ensembles.
data assimilation background.
optimum interpolation and Kalman filters.
3D variational assimilation.
ensemble Kalman filters.
4D variational assimilation.
Kalman smoothers.
sensitivity analysis, targeting observations, network design.
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