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A non-Gaussian Ensemble Filter for Assimilating Infrequent Noisy Observations Cover

A non-Gaussian Ensemble Filter for Assimilating Infrequent Noisy Observations

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|Jan 2007

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Language: English
Page range: 225 - 237
Submitted on: May 3, 2006
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2007 John Harlim, Brian R. Hunt, published by Stockholm University Press
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