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Dynamical response of equatorial waves in four-dimensional variational data assimilation Cover

Dynamical response of equatorial waves in four-dimensional variational data assimilation

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|Jan 2004

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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 46
Submitted on: Jan 17, 2003
Accepted on: Jun 27, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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