Approximate data assimilation schemes for stable and unstable dynamics

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-75

  Cohn, Stephen E ^a   Todling, Ricardo ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 0003954108     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.1_63     Document Type: Article

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