On the impact of humidity observations in numerical weather prediction
By: Lennart Bengtsson and Kevin I. Hodges
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i5.14734 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 701 - 708
Submitted on: Oct 19, 2004
Accepted on: Feb 11, 2005
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2005 Lennart Bengtsson, Kevin I. Hodges, published by Stockholm University Press
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