Notes on the appropriateness of ‘‘bred modes’’ for generating initial perturbations used in ensemble prediction
By: Ronald M. Errico and Rolf Langland
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i3.13519 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 431 - 441
Submitted on: Feb 3, 1998
Accepted on: Sep 24, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1999 Ronald M. Errico, Rolf Langland, published by Stockholm University Press
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