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Effective assimilation of global precipitation: simulation experiments

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Language: English
Page range: 19915 - 19915
Submitted on: Oct 24, 2012
Accepted on: Jun 6, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2013 Guo-Yuan Lien, Eugenia Kalnay, Takemasa Miyoshi, published by Stockholm University Press
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