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Analysis of the singular vectors of the full-physics Florida State University Global Spectral Model

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Volume 57 (2005): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i4.14703 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 560 - 574
Submitted on: Jul 21, 2003
Accepted on: Nov 9, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2005 Zhijin Li, I. M. Navon, M. Y. Hussaini, published by Stockholm University Press
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