Sarah Dance

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+44 (0) 118 378 6452
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Professor
- Professor of Data Assimilation
- EPSRC Senior Fellow in Digital Technology for Living With Environmental Change
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MeteorologyAreas of interest
Data assimilation
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Publications
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Mason, D.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Cloke, H.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1472-868X (2023) Towards improved urban flood detection using Sentinel-1: dependence of the ratio of post- to pre-flood double scattering cross-sections on building orientation. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing ISSN: 1931-3195
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Hu, G.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4305-3658 , Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Bannister, R. , Chipilski, H. , Guillet, O. , Macpherson, B. , Weissmann, M. , Yussouf, N. (2023) Progress, challenges and future steps in data assimilation for convection-permitting numerical weather prediction: report on the virtual meeting held on 10 and 12 November 2021. Atmospheric Science Letters , 24 (1). ISSN: 1530-261X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl.1130
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Hooker, H.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5135-3952 , Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Mason, D.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6092-6081 , Bevington, J. , Shelton, K. (2022) Spatial scale evaluation of forecast flood inundation maps. Journal of Hydrology , 612 (Part B). ISSN: 0022-1694 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128170
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Matthews, G.
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Barnard, C.
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Cloke, H.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1472-868X , Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Jurlina, T. , Mazzetti, C. , Prudhomme, C. (2022) Evaluating the impact of post-processing medium-range ensemble streamflow forecasts from the European Flood Awareness System. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences , 26 (11). pp. 2939-2968. ISSN: 1027-5606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2939-2022
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Bell, Z.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Waller, J. (2022) Exploring the characteristics of a vehicle-based temperature dataset for kilometre-scale data assimilation. Meteorological Applications , 29 (3). ISSN: 1469-8080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.2058
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Hu, G.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4305-3658 and Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 (2021) Efficient computation of matrix-vector products with full observation weighting matrices in data assimilation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.4170
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Tabeart, J.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1133-5220 , Waller, J. (2021) New bounds on the condition number of the Hessian of the preconditioned variational data assimilation problem. Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications ISSN: 1099-1506 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nla.2405
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Vandaele, R.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Ojha, V.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9256-1192 (2021) Deep learning for automated river-level monitoring through river camera images: an approach based on water segmentation and transfer learning. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences , 25 (8). pp. 4435-4453. ISSN: 1027-5606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4435-2021
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Mason, D.
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Bevington, J.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Revilla-Romero, B. , Smith, R. , Vetra-Carvalho, S. , Cloke, H. (2021) Improving urban flood mapping by merging Synthetic Aperture Radar-derived flood footprints with flood hazard maps. Water , 13 (11). ISSN: 2073-4441 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13111577
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Waller, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7783-6434 , Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Lean, H.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1274-4619 (2021) Evaluating errors due to unresolved scales in convection permitting numerical weather prediction. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ISSN: 0035-9009 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.4043
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Mirza, A.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Rooney, G. , Simonin, D. , Stone, E. , Waller, J. (2021) Comparing diagnosed observation uncertainties with independent estimates: a case study using aircraft‐based observations and a convection‐permitting data assimilation system. Atmospheric Science Letters , 22 (5). ISSN: 1530-261X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl.1029
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Mason, D.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Cloke, H. (2021) Floodwater detection in urban areas using Sentinel-1 and WorldDEM data. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing , 15 (3). ISSN: 1931-3195 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.15.032003
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Blair, G.
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Bassett, R.
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Bastin, L.
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Beevers, L.
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Borrajo, M.
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Brown, M.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Dionescu, A. , Edwards, L. , Ferrario, M. , Fraser, R. , Fraser, H. , Gardner, S. , Henrys, P. , Hey, T. , Homann, S. , Huijbers, C. , Hutchison, J. , Jonathan, P. , Lamb, R. , Laurie, S. , Leeson, A. , Leslie, D. , McMillan, M. , Nundloll, V. , Oyebamiji, O. , Philipson, J. , Pope, V. , Prudden, R. , Reis, S. , Salama, M. , Samreen, F. , Sejdinovic, D. , Simm, W. , Street, R. , Thornton, L. , Towe, R. , Vande Hey, J. , Vieno, M. , Waller, J. , Watkins, J. (2021) The role of digital technologies in responding to the grand challenges of the natural environment: the Windermere accord. Patterns , 2 (1). ISSN: 2666-3899 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100156
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Vandaele, R.
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Dance, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1690-3338 , Ojha, V.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9256-1192 (2021) Automated water segmentation and river level detection on camera images using transfer learning. pp. 232-245. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71278-5
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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
- Bell, Z. , Dance, S. , Waller, J. (2020) Accounting for observation uncertainty and bias due to unresolved scales with the Schmidt-Kalman filter. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography , 72 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN: 1600-0870 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2020.1831830
- Mason, D. , Garcia Pintado, J. , Cloke, H. , Dance, S. , Munoz-Sabater, J. (2020) Assimilating high resolution remotely sensed soil moisture into a distributed hydrologic model to improve runoff prediction. ECMWF Technical Memorandum (867). | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.21957/5isuz4a91
- Tabeart, J. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Migliorini, S. , Nichols, N. , Smith, F. , Waller, J. (2020) The impact of using reconditioned correlated observation error covariance matrices in the Met office 1D-Var system. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 146 (728). pp. 1372-1390. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.3741
- Tabeart, J. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. , Waller, J. (2020) Improving the condition number of estimated covariance matrices. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology & Oceanography , 72 (1). pp. 1-19. ISSN: 1600-0870 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2019.1696646
- Waller, J. , Bauernschubert, E. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. , Potthast, R. , Simonin, D. (2019) Observation error statistics for Doppler radar radial wind superobservations assimilated into the DWD COSMO-KENDA system. Monthly Weather Review , 147 pp. 3351-3364. ISSN: 0027-0644 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0104.1
- Simonin, D. , Waller, J. , Ballard, S. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2019) A pragmatic strategy for implementing spatially correlated observation errors in an operational system: an application to Doppler radial winds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 145 (723). pp. 2772-2790. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.3592
- Hintz, K. , O'Boyle, K. , Dance, S. , Al-Ali, S. , Ansper, I. , Blaauboer, D. , Clark, M. , Cress, A. , Dahoui, M. , Darcy, R. , Hyrkkanen, J. , Isaksen, L. , Kaas, E. , Korsholm, U. , Lavanant, M. , Le Bloa, G. , Mallet, E. , McNicholas, C. , Onvlee-Hooimeijer, J. , Sass, B. , Siirand, V. , Vedel, H. , Waller, J. , Yang, X. (2019) Collecting and utilising crowdsourced data for numerical weather prediction: propositions from the meeting held in Copenhagen, 4–December 5, 2018. Atmospheric Science Letters , 20 (7). ISSN: 1530-261X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl.921
- Dance, S. , Ballard, S. , Bannister, R. , Clark, P. , Cloke, H. , Darlington, T. , Flack, D. , Gray, S. , Hawkness-Smith, L. , Husnoo, N. , Illingworth, A. , Kelly, G. , Lean, H. , Li, D. , Nichols, N. , Nicol, J. , Oxley, A. , Plant, R. , Roberts, N. , Roulstone, I. , Simonin, D. , Thompson, R. , Waller, J. (2019) Improvements in forecasting intense rainfall: results from the FRANC (forecasting rainfall exploiting new data assimilation techniques and novel observations of convection) project. Atmosphere , 10 (3). ISSN: 2073-4433 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos10030125
- Mirza, A. , Ballard, S. , Dance, S. , Rooney, G. , Stone, E. (2019) Towards operational use of aircraft‐derived observations: a case study at London Heathrow airport. Meteorological Applications , 26 (4). pp. 542-555. ISSN: 1469-8080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.1782
- 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
- Mason, D. , Dance, S. , Vetra-Carvalho, S. , Cloke, H. (2018) Robust algorithm for detecting floodwater in urban areas using Synthetic Aperture Radar images. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing , 12 (4). ISSN: 1931-3195 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.12.045011
- Waller, J. , Garcia-Pintado, J. , Mason, D. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2018) Technical note: assessment of observation quality for data assimilation in flood models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences , 22 pp. 3983-3992. ISSN: 1027-5606 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3983-2018
- 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
- Tabeart, J. , Dance, S. , Haben, S. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. , Waller, J. (2018) The conditioning of least squares problems in variational data assimilation. Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications , 25 (5). ISSN: 1099-1506 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nla.2165
- Fowler, A. , Dance, S. , Waller, J. (2018) On the interaction of observation and prior error correlations in data assimilation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 144 (710). pp. 48-62. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.3183
- Janjic, T. , Bormann, N. , Bocquet, M. , Carton, J. , Cohn, S. , Dance, S. , Losa, S. , Nichols, N. , Potthast, R. , Waller, J. , Weston, P. (2018) On the representation error in data assimilation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 144 (713). pp. 1257-1278. ISSN: 0035-9009 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.3130
- Waller, J. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2017) On diagnosing observation error statistics with local ensemble data assimilation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 143 (708). pp. 2677-2686. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.3117
- Pinnington, E. , Casella, E. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Morison, J. , Nichols, N. , Wilkinson, M. , Quaife, T. (2017) Understanding the effect of disturbance from selective felling on the carbon dynamics of a managed woodland by combining observations with model predictions. JGR-Biogeosciences , 122 (4). pp. 886-902. ISSN: 2169-8961 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JG003760
- Cordoba, M. , Dance, S. , Kelly, G. , Nichols, N. , Waller, J. (2017) Diagnosing atmospheric motion vector observation errors for an operational high resolution data assimilation system. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 143 (702). pp. 333-341. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2925
- Pinnington, E. , Casella, E. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Morison, J. , Nichols, N. , Wilkinson, M. , Quaife, T. (2016) Investigating the role of prior and observation error correlations in improving a model forecast of forest carbon balance using Four Dimensional Variational data assimilation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology , 228-229 pp. 299-314. ISSN: 0168-1923 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.07.006
- Waller, J. , Ballard, S. , Dance, S. , Kelly, G. , Nichols, N. , Simonin, D. (2016) Diagnosing horizontal and inter-channel observation error correlations for SEVIRI observations using observation-minus-background and observation-minus-analysis statistics. Remote Sensing , 8 (7). ISSN: 2072-4292 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8070581
- Mirza, A. , Ballard, S. , Dance, S. , Maisey, P. , Rooney, G. , Stone, E. (2016) Comparison of aircraft-derived observations with in situ research aircraft measurements. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 142 (701). pp. 2949-2967. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2864
- Waller, J. , Simonin, D. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. , Ballard, S. (2016) Diagnosing observation error correlations for Doppler radar radial winds in the Met Office UKV model using observation-minus-background and observation-minus-analysis statistics. Monthly Weather Review , 144 (10). pp. 3533-3551. ISSN: 0027-0644 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0340.1
- Waller, J. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2016) Theoretical insight into diagnosing observation error correlations using observation-minus-background and observation-minus-analysis statistics. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 142 (694). pp. 418-431. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2661
- Mason, D. , Garcia-Pintado, J. , Cloke, H. , Dance, S. (2016) Evidence of a topographic signal in surface soil moisture derived from ENVISAT ASAR wide swath data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and GeoInformation , 45 pp. 178-186. ISSN: 0303-2434 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2015.02.004
- Mason, D. , Garcia-Pintado, J. , Cloke, H. , Dance, S. (2015) The potential of flood forecasting using a variable-resolution global Digital Terrain Model and flood extents from Synthetic Aperture Radar images. Frontiers in Earth Science , 3 ISSN: 2296-6463 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2015.00043
- Garcia-Pintado, J. , Mason, D. , Dance, S. , Cloke, H. , Neal, J. , Freer, J. , Bates, P. (2015) Satellite-supported flood forecasting in river networks: a real case study. Journal of Hydrology , 523 pp. 706-724. ISSN: 0022-1694 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.084
- 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.
- Waller, J. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. (2014) Estimating correlated observation error statistics using an ensemble transform Kalman filter. Tellus A , 66 ISSN: 1600-0870 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v66.23294
- Browne, P. , Charlton-Perez, C. , Dance, S. (2014) RMetS special interest group meeting: high resolution data assimilation. Atmospheric Science Letters , 15 (4). pp. 354-357. ISSN: 1530-261X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl2.512
- Mason, D. , Garcia-Pintado, J. , Dance, S. (2014) Improving flood inundation monitoring and modelling using remotely sensed data. Civil Engineering Surveyor pp. 34-37.
- Waller, J. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. , Eyre, J. (2014) Representativity error for temperature and humidity using the Met Office high-resolution model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 140 (681). pp. 1189-1197. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2207
- Stewart, L. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. , Eyre, J. , Cameron, J. (2014) Estimating interchannel observation-error correlations for IASI radiance data in the Met Office system. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 140 (681). pp. 1236-1244. ISSN: 1477-870X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2211
- Stewart, L. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2013) Data assimilation with correlated observation errors: experiments with a 1-D shallow water model. Tellus A , 65 ISSN: 1600-0870 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19546
- Garcia-Pintado, J. , Neal, J. , Mason, D. , Dance, S. , Bates, P. (2013) Scheduling satellite-based SAR acquisition for sequential assimilation of water level observations into flood modelling. Journal of Hydrology , 495 pp. 252-266. ISSN: 0022-1694 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.050
- 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
- Thornhill, G. , Mason, D. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. , Forbes, H. (2012) Integration of a 3D Variational data assimilation scheme with a coastal area morphodynamic model of Morecambe Bay. Coastal Engineering , 69 pp. 82-96. ISSN: 0378-3839 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.05.010
- Pocock, J. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. (2011) State estimation using the particle filter with mode tracking. Computers & Fluids , 46 (1). pp. 392-397. ISSN: 0045-7930 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.02.009
- 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
- Baxter, G. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. (2011) Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for high resolution nested models. Computers & Fluids , 46 (1). pp. 137-141. ISSN: 0045-7930 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.01.023
- Rennie, S. , Dance, S. , Illingworth, A. , Ballard, S. , Simonin, D. (2011) 3D-Var assimilation of insect-derived Doppler radar radial winds in convective cases using a high resolution model. Monthly Weather Review , 139 (4). pp. 1148-1163. ISSN: 1520-0493 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3482.1
- Rennie, S. , Illingworth, A. , Dance, S. (2010) On differentiating ground clutter and insect echoes from Doppler weather radars using archived data. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions , 3 (2). pp. 1843-1860. ISSN: 1867-8610 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amtd-3-1843-2010
- Dance, S. , Baines, M. , Lawless, A. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Scott, T. , Sweby, P. , Smith, P. , Thornhill, G. (2010) Use of data assimilation methods in coastal sediment models.
- Thornhill, G. , Scott, T. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Baines, M. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. (2010) Data assimilation and morphodynamic modelling of Morecambe Bay.
- Dance, S. and Zou, Q. (2010) HESS Opinions ``Ensembles, uncertainty and flood prediction''. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions , 7 (3). pp. 3591-3611. ISSN: 1812-2116 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-7-3591-2010
- Mason, D. , Scott, T. , Dance, S. (2010) Remote sensing of intertidal morphological change in Morecambe Bay, U.K., between 1991 and 2007. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science , 87 (3). pp. 487-496. ISSN: 0272-7714 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.01.015
- Petrie, R. and Dance, S. (2010) Ensemble-based data assimilation and the localisation problem. Weather , 65 (3). pp. 65-69. ISSN: 0043-1656 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wea.505
- Rennie, S. , Illingworth, A. , Dance, S. , Ballard, S. (2010) The accuracy of Doppler radar wind retrievals using insects as targets. Meteorological Applications , 17 (4). pp. 419-432. ISSN: 1469-8080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.174
- Thornhill, G. , Scott, T. , Smith , P. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Baines, M. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. , Lawless, A. (2009) Progress on “Changing coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability”.
- 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).
- Stewart, L. , Cameron, J. , Dance, S. , English , S. , Eyre, J. , Nichols, N. (2009) Observation error correlations in IASI radiance data. University of Reading, Department of Mathematics (1/2009).
- Nichols, N. , Baxter, G. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. (2009) Issues in high resolution data assimilation.
- Dance, S. , Butala, M. , Nichols, N. , Petrie, R. (2009) Stability and localization in the ensemble square root filter.
- Stewart, L. , Cameron, J. , Dance, S. , English, S. , Eyre, J. , Nichols, N. (2009) Quantifying observation error correlations in remotely sensed data.
- 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 morphodynamic model parameter estimation.
- Stewart, L. , Cameron, J. , Dance, S. , English, S. , Eyre, J. , Nichols, N. (2009) Quantifying observation error correlations in remotely sensed data.
- 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
- Feng, L. , Palmer, P. , Boesch, H. , Dance, S. (2009) Estimating surface CO2 fluxes from space-borne dry air mole fraction observations using an Ensemble Kalman filter. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 9 (8). pp. 2619-2633. ISSN: 1680-7316
- Feng, L. , Palmer, P. , Boesch, H. , Dance, S. (2008) Estimating surface CO2 fluxes from space-borne dry air mole fraction observations using an Ensemble Kalman filter. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions , 8 pp. 19917-19955. ISSN: 1680-7375
- Stewart, L. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2008) Correlated observation errors in data assimilation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids , 56 (8). pp. 1521-1527. ISSN: 0271-2091 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1636
- Livings, D. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2008) Unbiased Ensemble Square Root Filters. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena , 237 (8). pp. 1021-1028. ISSN: 0167-2789 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2008.01.005
- 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
- Dance, S. , Livings, D. , Nichols, N. (2007) Unbiased ensemble square root filters. PAMM - Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics , 7 (1). pp. 1026505-1026506. ISSN: 1617-7061 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pamm.200700603
- 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.
- Stewart, L. , Dance, S. , Nichols, N. (2007) Correlated observation errors in data assimilation. Proceedings of the Ninth International ICFD Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, March 26 – 29, 2007. ICFD , Reading.
- Baxter, G. , Dance, S. , Lawless, A. , Nichols, N. , Ballard, S. (2007) Towards Multi-scale Data Assimilation for High Resolution Nested Models. Proceedings of the Ninth International ICFD Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, March 26 – 29, 2007. ICFD , Reading.
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- Dance, S. , Climent, E. , Maxey, M. (2004) Collision barrier effects on the bulk flow in a random suspension. Physics Of Fluids , 16 (3). pp. 828-831.
- Dance, S. and Maxey, M. (2003) Particle density stratification in transient sedimentation. Physical Review E , 68 (3). ISSN: 1539-3755 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.68.031403
- Dance, S. (2003) Incorporation of lubrication effects into the force-coupling method for particulate two-phase flow. Journal of Computational Physics , 189 (1). pp. 212-238. ISSN: 0021-9991 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00209-2