The interaction between model resolution, observation resolution and observation density in data assimilation: A two-dimensional study

87th AMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bondarenko, V ^a   Ochotta, T ^a   Saupe, D ^a   Wergen, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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