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Statistical adjoint sensitivity distributions of meteorological forecast errors of Asian dust transport events in Korea Cover

Statistical adjoint sensitivity distributions of meteorological forecast errors of Asian dust transport events in Korea

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20554 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 20554 - 20554
Submitted on: Feb 3, 2013
Accepted on: Sep 5, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
adjoint sensitivity,
meteorological forecast error,
Asian dust transport,
sensitive regions,
northern source region,
Tibetan Plateau

© 2013 Hyun Mee Kim, Jun Kyung Kay, Eun-Gyeong Yang, Sehyun Kim, Meehye Lee, published by Stockholm University Press
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