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Original Articles

Examination of observation impacts derived from observing system experiments (OSEs) and adjoint models

Ronald GelaroGlobal Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Yanqiu ZhuScience Applications International Corporation, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Pages 179-193 | Received 24 Jul 2008, Accepted 02 Dec 2008, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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