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Mixed Gaussian-lognormal four-dimensional data assimilation

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Language: English
Page range: 266 - 287
Submitted on: Jul 8, 2009
Accepted on: Feb 15, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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