Variational assimilation

Data Assimilation: Making Sense of Observations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 41-67

  Talagrand, Olivier ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 84876512588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74703-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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