Linearizing iterative processes for four-dimensional data-assimilation schemes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 549, 1998, Pages 1715-1742

  Polavarapu, Saroja ^a   Tanguay, Monique ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; MODEL;

EID: 0031764701     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54916     Document Type: Article

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