Measuring information content from observations for data assimilations: connection between different measures and application to radar scan design
By: Qin Xu, Li Wei and Sean Healy
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00373.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 144 - 153
Submitted on: Apr 13, 2008
Accepted on: Oct 2, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2009 Qin Xu, Li Wei, Sean Healy, published by Stockholm University Press
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