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Temporal evolution of innovation and residual statistics in the ECMWF variational data assimilation systems Cover

Temporal evolution of innovation and residual statistics in the ECMWF variational data assimilation systems

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|Jan 2001

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Language: English
Page range: 333 - 347
Submitted on: Oct 4, 1999
Accepted on: Oct 24, 2000
Published on: Jan 1, 2001
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2001 Heikki Järvinen, published by Stockholm University Press
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