Data assimilation with correlated observation errors: experiments with a 1-D shallow water model
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19546 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 19546 - 19546
Submitted on: Aug 15, 2012
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2013
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