The influence of sampling variability upon model output error statistics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1981-1991

  Renwick, James A ^a,b   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0003264734     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1981:TIOSVU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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