Methods for dealing with spurious covariances arising from small samples in ensemble data assimilation
Ensemble data assimilation
Ensemble Kalman Filter
Ensemble Kalman Filter
Ensemble Kalman Filter
Ensemble Kalman Filter
Consequences of Sampling Error
Mis-specification of background-error covariance
Effect of localization in a simplied GCM (1)
Effect of localization in a simplied GCM (2)
Effect of localization in a simplied GCM (3)
Covariance localization increases rank of Pb
Alternative to localization
Two EnKF approaches
Outstanding issues
Localization and Balance
Analysis of single  zonal wind observation, using idealized nondivergent and geostrophically balanced covariances.
Flow Dependent Localization (Hodyss and Bishop, QJR)
Flow Dependent Localization
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ÒSENCORPÓ Recipe
Hierarchical Ensemble Filter
Conclusions