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An evaluation study of the DRP-4-DVar approach with the Lorenz-96 model Cover

An evaluation study of the DRP-4-DVar approach with the Lorenz-96 model

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|Jan 2011

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Language: English
Page range: 256 - 262
Submitted on: Sep 18, 2009
Accepted on: Apr 23, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2011 Juanjuan Liu, Bin Wang, Qingnong Xiao, published by Stockholm University Press
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