A validation of the incremental formulation of 4D variational data assimilation in a nonlinear barotropic flow
By: Stéphane Laroche and Pierre Gauthier
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v50i5.14558 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 557 - 572
Submitted on: Apr 3, 1998
Accepted on: Jul 16, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1998 Stéphane Laroche, Pierre Gauthier, published by Stockholm University Press
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