Background error covariances for a BlendVar assimilation system
By: Antonín Bučánek and Radmila Brožková
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2017.1355718 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 1355718 - 1355718
Submitted on: Dec 22, 2016
Accepted on: Jul 4, 2017
Published on: Jan 1, 2017
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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