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Initial perturbations based on the ensemble transform (ET) technique in the NCEP global operational forecast system

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00273.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 62 - 79
Submitted on: Nov 22, 2006
Accepted on: Aug 9, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 Mozheng Wei, Zoltan Toth, Richard Wobus, Yuejian Zhu, published by Stockholm University Press
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