Forecast Error Correction using Dynamic Data Assimilation [Paperback]

This book introduces the reader to a new method of data assimilation with deterministic constraints (exact satisfaction of dynamic constraints)an optimal assimilation strategy called Forecast Sensitivity Method (FSM), as an alternative to the well-known four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation method. 4D-Var works with a forward in time prediction model and a backward in time tangent linear model (TLM). The equivalence of data assimilation via 4D-Var and FSM is proven and problems using low-order dynamics clarify the process of data assimilation by the two methods. The problem of return flow over the Gulf of Mexico that includes upper-air observations and realistic dynamical constraints gives the reader a good idea of how the FSM can be implemented in a real-world situation.        dfgdgdfg                                                   

Dr. Sivaramakrishnan Lakshmivarahan (Varahan, for short) joined the University of Oklahoma in the fall of 1978 where he is currently a George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the School of Computer Science. From 1973-1978 he has held postdoctoral and faculty positions at Brown University, Yale University and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. He obtained his PhD in 1973 from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. He is the author/coauthor of 5 books and has published extensively in a number of areas including Learning Algorithms, Parallel Architecture and Algorithms, Dynamic Data Assimilation and Computational Finance. He has supervised 30 PhD dissertations and 42 MS Theses. He is Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the ACM and has won numerous awards- Regents award for Superior Teaching and Regents Award folC#