Four Dimensional Data Assimilation
Peter Lyster, University of Maryland

Scientific Grand Challenge:
To demonstrate an operational data assimilation environment that is 200 times faster than what can be done in 1996.

* PSAS - Physical-space Statistical Analysis System
** GEOS - Goddard Earth Observing System
*** Kalman filter - 2-D Kalman filter for chemical tracers

ESS Contact Scientists:
- Clark Mobarry/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Kevin Olson/Drexel University

Table of Contents | Section Contents -- Applications | Subsection Contents -- Science Team II