Examination of observation impacts derived from observing system experiments (OSEs) and adjoint models

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-193

  Gelaro, Ronald ^a   Zhu, Yanqiu ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 61349138311     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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