The impact of dynamical constraints on the selection of initial conditions for ensemble predictions: Low-order perfect model results

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2969-2983

  Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000884631     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2969:TIODCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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