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Representation of background error standard deviations in a limited area model data assimilation system Cover

Representation of background error standard deviations in a limited area model data assimilation system

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Language: English
Page range: 430 - 444
Submitted on: Oct 20, 2005
Accepted on: Mar 14, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2006
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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