Ensemble data assimilation
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¥Parallel forecast and analysis cycles
¥Background-errors estimated from sample covariances, depend on weather situation.
Ensemble forecasting well established in NWP
Analysis schemes still mostly deterministic (only a single background forecast is evolved).
Use dynamically evolved ensemble to estimate Ôerrors of the dayÕ - examples.