A paper on variable localization and CO2 data assimilation has been published

Kang, J.-S., E. Kalnay, J. Liu, I. Fung, T. Miyoshi, and K. Ide, 2011: "Variable localization" in an Ensemble Kalman Filter: application to the carbon cycle data assimilation. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D09110. doi:10.1029/2010JD014673

A paper on adaptive inflation has been published

Miyoshi, T., 2011: The Gaussian Approach to Adaptive Covariance Inflation and Its Implementation with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1519-1535. doi:10.1175/2010MWR3570.1

A paper on tropical observation impacts estimated by ensemble spread has been published

Moteki, Q., K. Yoneyama, R. Shirooka, H. Kubota, K. Yasunaga, J. Suzuki, A. Seiki, N. Sato, T. Enomoto, T. Miyoshi, S. Yamane, 2011: The influence of observations propagated by convectively coupled equatorial waves. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 137, 641-655. doi:10.1002/qj.779