Objectives :
§ Primary purpose is to implement the Kalman Filter
Data Assimilation method in NASA’s Land Data
Assimilation System (LDAS) for operational
validation of land products from AMSR-E on-board
NASA’s Aqua satellite;
§ Use the Kalman Filter Land Data Assimilation
System (KF-LDAS) as a research tool to examine
the characteristics of satellite data products;
§ Use KF-LDAS as a research tool to examine and
compare the performance of various land surface
models for the improvement of weather and
climate prediction models.