Applying the local ensemble transform Kalman filter to the Nonhydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM)

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-124

  Kondo, Keiichi ^a   Tanaka, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 77958489801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-031     Document Type: Article

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