Assimilating satellite radiances with a local ensemble transform Kalman filter (LETKF) applied to the JMA global model (GSM)

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 37-40

  Miyoshi, Takemasa ^a   Sato, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 34247101014     PISSN: 13496476     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2007-010     Document Type: Article

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