Variational data assimilation in the tropics using precipitation data. Part III: Assimilation of SSM/I precipitation rates

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1447-1464

  Tsuyuki, Tadashi ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000041966     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1447:VDAITT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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