Combining the mid-latitudinal and equatorial mass/wind balance relationships in global data assimilation
By: Heiner Körnich and Erland Källén
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00286.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 261 - 272
Submitted on: Jan 26, 2007
Accepted on: Jul 6, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2008 Heiner Körnich, Erland Källén, published by Stockholm University Press
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