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Data assimilation and predictability

The role of model and initial condition error in numerical weather forecasting investigated with an observing system simulation experiment

Nikki C. PrivéMorgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD, USA;National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationGlobal Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ronald M. ErricoMorgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD, USA;National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationGlobal Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Article: 21740 | Received 14 Jun 2013, Accepted 18 Oct 2013, Published online: 20 Nov 2013

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