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Evaluation of European Land Data Assimilation System (ELDAS) products using in situ observations

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 5
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|Jan 2008
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00351.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 1023 - 1037
Submitted on: Jun 28, 2007
Accepted on: Jun 5, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 C. M. J. Jacobs, E. J. Moors, H. W. Ter Maat, A. J. Teuling, G. Balsamo, K. Bergaoui, J. Ettema, M. Lange, B. J. J. M. Van Den Hurk, P. Viterbo, W. Wergen, published by Stockholm University Press
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