Measuring information content from observations for data assimilation: relative entropy versus shannon entropy difference

Qin Xu

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00222.x

Measuring information content from observations for data assimilation: relative entropy versus shannon entropy difference

Tellus

Volume 59 (2007): Issue 2

By: Qin Xu

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|Jan 2007

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