A system simulation approach to ensemble prediction

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1225-1242

  Houtekamer, P L ^a   Lefaivre, Louis ^a   Derome, Jacques ^b   Ritchie, Harold ^a   Mitchell, Herschel L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001209566     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1225:ASSATE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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