Comparison of thermodynamic retrieval by the adjoint method with the traditional retrieval method

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 308-324

  Sun, Juanzhen ^a   Crook, N Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0001249215     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0308:COTRBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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