Spectral analysis of forecast error investigated with an observing system simulation experiment
By: Nikki C. Privè and Ronald M. Errico
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.25977 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 25977 - 25977
Submitted on: Sep 10, 2014
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2014
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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