1. INTERCOMPARISON AND COUPLING OF ENSEMBLE-BASED AND VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SCHEMES Open Access Author: Zhang, Meng Title: INTERCOMPARISON AND COUPLING OF ENSEMBLE-BASED AND VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SCHEMES Graduate Program: Meteorology Keywords: Data assimilationEnKF4DVarHybrid File: Download Meng_thesis_PSU_2010.pdf Committee Members: Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorFuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-ChairEugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee MemberYvette Pamela Richardson, Committee MemberXiaolong Zhang, Committee MemberChris Snyder, Committee Member