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Original Articles

An unconventional approach for assimilating aliased radar radial velocities

Qin XuNOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Kang NaiCooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
,
Li WeiCooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
&
Qingyun ZhaoNaval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
Pages 621-630 | Received 22 Apr 2009, Accepted 22 Jul 2009, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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