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A comprehensive 4D-Var vortex initialization using a nonhydrostatic axisymmetric TC model with convection accounted for Cover

A comprehensive 4D-Var vortex initialization using a nonhydrostatic axisymmetric TC model with convection accounted for

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Language: English
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Published on: Jan 1, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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