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Initial condition and parameter estimation in physical ‘on–off’ processes by variational data assimilation Cover

Initial condition and parameter estimation in physical ‘on–off’ processes by variational data assimilation

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|Jan 2005

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Language: English
Page range: 736 - 741
Submitted on: Nov 29, 2004
Accepted on: Feb 7, 2005
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2005 Jiafeng Wang, Mu Mu, Qin Zheng, published by Stockholm University Press
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