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Four-dimensional local ensemble transform Kalman filter: numerical experiments with a global circulation model Cover

Four-dimensional local ensemble transform Kalman filter: numerical experiments with a global circulation model

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Language: English
Page range: 731 - 748
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2006
Accepted on: Apr 27, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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