Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Last Updated: Feb 9 2015
Title:OSSEs for Fun and Profit
Author: Nikki Privé (Morgan State University, NASA GSFC)
Ron Errico (Morgan State University, NASA GSFC)
Observing System Simulation Experiments can be powerful tools for evaluating and exploring both the behavior of data assimilation systems and the potential impacts of future observing systems. With great power comes great responsibility - given a pure modeling framework, how can we be sure our results are meaningful? The challenges and pitfalls of OSSE calibration and validation will be addressed, as well as issues of incestuousness, selection of appropriate metrics, and experiment design. The use of idealized observational networks to investigate theoretical ideas in a fully complex modeling framework will also be discussed.
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Global Modeling and Assimilation Office NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Last Updated: Feb 9 2015 |