Modifying Covariance Localization to Mitigate Sampling Errors from the Ensemble Data Assimilation

Table 1

Manually tuned optimal localization parameters and default DA parameters for the filters with the Lorenz-96 model.

Method	Localization radius	Inflation factor	Ensemble size	Observation error variance	Observation
CL	9	1.051	25	3.05	20
CL-MC	12	1.035	25	3.05	20