4D-Var and the butterfly effect: Statist
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Andrew C. Lorenc; Tim Payne
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We review the limits of 4D‐Var, particularly its ability to work well for a wide range of scales, and discuss the relationship to the atmospheric butterfly effect. As a concrete example, we consider how 4D‐Var might be applied to a global, convective‐scale model. Deterministic 4D‐Var, f