Greenslade, Diana J MYoung, Ian2015-12-101741-7538http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57213One of the main limitations in current wave data assimilation systems is the lack of an accurate representation of the structure of the background errors. In this work, models for the observational error variance, background error variance and backgroundKeywords: data assimilation; error analysis; wave height Background errors; Data assimilation; Significant wave height200510.1080/174175305000896662015-12-09