The global observing system

Data Assimilation: Making Sense of Observations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 263-281

  Thépaut, Jean Noël ^a   Andersson, Erik ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863168269     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74703-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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