Variational assimilation of precipitable water using a nonhydrostatic mesoscale adjoint model. Part I: Moisture retrieval and sensitivity experiments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 122-147

  Kuo, Y H ^a   Zou, X ^a   Guo, Y R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 5244262021     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0122:VAOPWU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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