A posteriori validation applied to the 3D-VAR Arpège and Aladin data assimilation systems
By: Wafaa Sadiki and Claude Fischer
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i1.14606 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 21 - 34
Submitted on: Nov 13, 2003
Accepted on: Jul 16, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2005 Wafaa Sadiki, Claude Fischer, published by Stockholm University Press
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