Four-dimensional variational assimilation and predictability in a quasi-geostrophic model
By: Kyle Swanson, Robert Vautard and Carlos Pires
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v50i4.14540 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 369 - 390
Submitted on: Jul 21, 1997
Accepted on: Feb 20, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1998 Kyle Swanson, Robert Vautard, Carlos Pires, published by Stockholm University Press
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