Paul R. Houser, NASA/GSFC Hydrological Sciences
Paul R. Houser, Page 34 7-Jun-01
Data Assimilation: Ts
Assimilation Results
Observation
Assimilation with
Bias Correction
Assimilation
No Assimilation
Surface temperature has very little memory or inertia, so without a continuous correction, it tends drift toward the
control case very quickly.
DAO-PSAS Assimilation of ISCCP (IR based) Surface Skin Temperature into a global 2 degree uncoupled land model.