Extended assimilation and forecast experiments with a four-dimensional variational assimilation system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 550, 1998, Pages 1861-1887

  Rabier, Florence ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032432968     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55004     Document Type: Article

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