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Generalisation <strong>in</strong> <strong>meteorology</strong><br />

The Best L<strong>in</strong>ear Unbiased Estimate :<br />

x a = x b + applex<br />

= x b + ((‏ BH T (HBH T +R) -1 (y o – H (x b<br />

, d : difference between<br />

optimal weight<strong>in</strong>g<br />

observations and<br />

background<br />

With :<br />

B and R<br />

resp<br />

ectively background errors and observations errors covariance matrices<br />

H : observation opera<strong>to</strong>r and H l<strong>in</strong>ear observation opera<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Variational formulation : m<strong>in</strong>imisation of the cost function<br />

,<br />

J(applex) = J b (applex) + J o (applex)<br />

(‏applex = applex T B -1 applex + (d-Happlex) T R -1 (d-H

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