Rainfall assimilation through an optimal control of initial and boundary conditions in a limited-area mesoscale model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2859-2882

  Zou, X ^a   Kuo, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000322891     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2859:RATAOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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