A preconditioning algorithm for four-dimensional variational data assimilation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2562-2573

  Zupanski, Milija ^a,b  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000760136     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2562:APAFFD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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