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Original Articles

An efficient retrospective optimal interpolation algorithm compared with the fixed-lag Kalman smoother by assuming a perfect model

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Pages 610-620 | Received 17 Oct 2007, Accepted 23 Jul 2008, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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