Polly Smith

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+44 (0) 118 378 8994
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Office
Room 207Building location
MathematicsAreas of interest
Data assimilation
Research centres and groups
Publications
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Vetra-Carvalho, S.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Mason, D. , Waller, J. , Cooper, E. , Smith, P. , Tabeart, J. (2020) Collection and extraction of water level information from a digital river camera image dataset. Data In Brief , 33 ISSN: 2352-3409 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.106338
- Cooper, E. , Dance, S. , Garcia-Pintado, J. , Nichols, N. , Smith, P. (2019) Observation operators for assimilation of satellite observations in fluvial inundation forecasting. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences , 23 pp. 2541-2559. ISSN: 1027-5606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2541-2019
- Cooper, E. , Dance, S. , Garcia-Pintado, J. , Nichols, N. , Smith, P. (2018) Observation impact, domain length and parameter estimation in data assimilation for flood forecasting. Environmental Modelling and Software , 104 pp. 199-214. ISSN: 1364-8152 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.03.013
- Smith, P. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. (2018) Treating sample covariances for use in strongly coupled atmosphere-ocean data assimilation. Geophysical Research Letters , 45 (1). pp. 445-454. ISSN: 0094-8276 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017gl075534
- Smith, P. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. (2017) Estimating forecast error covariances for strongly coupled atmosphere-ocean 4D-Var data assimilation. Monthly Weather Review , 145 (10). pp. 4011-4035. ISSN: 0027-0644 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-16-0284.1
- Smith, P. , Fowler, A. , Lawless, A. (2015) Exploring strategies for coupled 4D-Var data assimilation using an idealised atmosphere-ocean model. Tellus A , 67 ISSN: 1600-0870 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.27025
- Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2014) A joint state and parameter estimation scheme for nonlinear dynamical systems. Dept of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Reading pp 24.
- Smith, P. , Thornhill, G. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. (2013) Data assimilation for state and parameter estimation: application to morphodynamic modelling. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 139 (671 Part B). pp. 314-327. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.1944
- Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2011) A hybrid data assimilation scheme for model parameter estimation: application to morphodynamic modelling. Computers & Fluids , 46 (1). pp. 436-441. ISSN: 0045-7930 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.01.010
- Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2009) Data assimilation for morphodynamic model parameter estimation: a hybrid approach. University of Reading, Department of Mathematics (2/2009).
- Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Baines, M. , Nichols, N. , Scott, T. (2009) Variational data assimilation for morphodynamic model parameter estimation.
- Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Baines, M. , Nichols, N. , Scott, T. (2009) Variational data assimilation for parameter estimation: application to a simple morphodynamic model. Ocean Dynamics , 59 (5). pp. 697-708. ISSN: 1616-7341 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-009-0205-6
- Scott, T. , Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Baines, M. , Nichols, N. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. , Lawless, A. (2008) Data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability. Coastal Engineering 2008 Proceedings of the 31st International Conference. , 3. World Scientific pp. 2386-2398. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814277426_0197
- Scott, T. , Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Baines, M. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. , Lawless, A. (2007) Progress on Changing coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability.