We implement a data-assimilation method, a particle filter, in a climate model focusing on 100 years time scale. Several tests are performed with particle filtering using pseudo-observations obtained from a twin experiment with the coupled climate model LOVECLIM, as well as using real-data observations over the last century HADCRUT3. These tests demonstrate that it is possible to obtain a model output correlated well with the observations at the large scales at a reasonable cost.
Dubinkina, S., Goosse, H., Sallaz-Damaz, Y., Crespin, E., & Crucifix, M. (2011). Testing a particle filter to reconstruct climate changes over the past centuries. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/206253