Variational data assimilation in the tropics using precipitation data part I: Column model

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 87-104

  Tsuyuki, Tadashi ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0030502015     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01029787     Document Type: Article

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