Generation of global multivariate error covariances by singular-value decomposition of the linear balance equation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2574-2587

  Daley, Roger ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000669741     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2574:GOGMEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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