The influence of isolated observations on short-range numerical weather forecasts
By: Erland Källen and Xiang-Yu Huang
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v40i4.11803 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 324 - 336
Submitted on: Aug 10, 1987
Accepted on: Dec 7, 1987
Published on: Jan 1, 1988
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1988 Erland Källen, Xiang-Yu Huang, published by Stockholm University Press
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