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A Kalman-filter bias correction method applied to deterministic, ensemble averaged and probabilistic forecasts of surface ozone Cover

A Kalman-filter bias correction method applied to deterministic, ensemble averaged and probabilistic forecasts of surface ozone

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|Jan 2008

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Language: English
Page range: 238 - 249
Submitted on: Jun 26, 2007
Accepted on: Nov 12, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 Luca Delle Monache, James Wilczak, Stuart McKeen, Georg Grell, Mariusz Pagowski, Steven Peckham, Roland Stull, John McHenry, Jeffrey McQueen, published by Stockholm University Press
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