Mathematical concepts of data assimilation

Data Assimilation: Making Sense of Observations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 13-39

  Nichols, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74703-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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