An objective method for inferring sources of model error

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-340

  Schubert, Siegfried ^a   Chang, Yehui ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0001070856     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0325:AOMFIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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