Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter-based ensemble perturbations in an operational global prediction system at NCEP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00159.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
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Submitted on: Jan 14, 2005
Accepted on: Sep 2, 2005
Published on: Jan 1, 2006
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