Inverse modelling of atmospheric tracers: Non-Gaussian methods and second-order sensitivity analysis

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-143

  Bocquet, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACER;

EID: 39549113856     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-127-2008     Document Type: Article

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