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Evaluation of conditional non-linear optimal perturbation obtained by an ensemble-based approach using the Lorenz-63 model

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|Dec 2014

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Language: English
Page range: 22773 - 22773
Submitted on: Sep 6, 2013
Accepted on: Jan 5, 2014
Published on: Dec 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2014 Xudong Yin, Bin Wang, Juanjuan Liu, Xiaowei Tan, published by Stockholm University Press
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