Statistical estimation: univariate case (1 point)
Xb = forecast(or background field)
eb = (Xb - Xt): background error
eo = (Xo - Xt): observation error
ea = (Xa - Xt): analysis error
Underlying hypotheses to statistical interpolation:
- Observation and background error are assumed to be unbiased áebñ = áeoñ = 0
- error variances sb2 and so2 are known