Estimation of key analysis errors using the adjoint technique

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 550, 1998, Pages 1909-1933

  Klinker, E ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032446792     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55006     Document Type: Article

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