Assimilation of observations, an introduction

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue 1 B, 1997, Pages 191-209

  Talagrand, Olivier ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0000097719     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.75.1B_191     Document Type: Article

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