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Implementations of a square-root ensemble analysis and a hybrid localisation into the POD-based ensemble 4DVar Cover

Implementations of a square-root ensemble analysis and a hybrid localisation into the POD-based ensemble 4DVar

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Language: English
Page range: 18375 - 18375
Submitted on: Nov 29, 2011
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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