A coordinate change for data assimilation in spherical geometry of frontal structures

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3030-3038

  Desroziers, Gérald ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 0001581797     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<3030:ACCFDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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