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Ensemble-based observation impact estimates using the NCEP GFS Cover

Ensemble-based observation impact estimates using the NCEP GFS

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|Dec 2013

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Language: English
Page range: 20038 - 20038
Submitted on: Nov 7, 2012
Accepted on: Aug 9, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2013 Yoichiro Ota, John C. Derber, Eugenia Kalnay, Takemasa Miyoshi, published by Stockholm University Press
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