A methodology for fixed observational network design: theory and application to a simulated global prediction system

S. P. Khare; J. L. Anderson

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00200.x

A methodology for fixed observational network design: theory and application to a simulated global prediction system

Tellus

Volume 58 (2006): Issue 5

By: S. P. Khare and J. L. Anderson

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|Jan 2006

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