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Integrating ( 2.9 ), we get
Z
Z
x.T/ x.0/ D
F.x.t//dt C G
f.t/Œx a .t/ x.t/dt
(2.12)
0
0
Brill et al. ( 1991 ) further postulate that the first integral which is the contribution
of the model accounts for the fraction
.1 ˛/Œx.T/ x.0/
of the total change in
x.t/
0
T
the solution
from time
to
asgivenbytheleft-handsideof( 2.12 ), where
0<˛<1
. Consequently, the second integral accounts for the remainder of the
change leading to the following relation:
Z T
aŒx.T/ x.0/ D G
f.t/Œx a .t/ x.t/dt
(2.13)
0
To further simplify the evaluation of the integral on the right-hand side of ( 2.13 ),
Brill et al. ( 1991 ) make one more assumption; namely, the nudged solution
x.t/
varies linearly from
x.0/ D x a .0/
to
x.T/
.Thatis,
x.t/ D x.0/ C t
T Œx.T/ x.0/
(2.14)
Now subtracting ( 2.14 ) from ( 2.11 ),
Œx a .t/ x.t/ D t
T Œx a .T/ x a .0/ t
T Œx.T/ x.0/
(2.15)
Substituting ( 2.15 )in( 2.13 ) and simplifying, we readily obtain
˛ˇ
.1 ˇ/ T R T
G D
(2.16)
0 tf.t/dt
where
ˇ D x.T/ x.0/
x a .T/ x a .0/
D x.T/ x.0/
x a .T/ x.0/
(2.17)
is a fraction of the change in the nudged forecast to that of the analysis. For the case
when
t
T
3
t
T
2
f.t/ D 6:75
C 6:75
(2.18)
4:1 10 4
Brill et al. ( 1991 ) in their Appendix provide the values of
G
that range from
2:6 10 3 . They also examine the contour plots of
to
Z T
G
T
˛ˇ
1 ˇ
tf.t/dt D
(2.19)
0
in the
˛ ˇ
plane.
 
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