Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1451-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1451-2014
Methods for assessment of models
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16 Jul 2014
Methods for assessment of models |  | 16 Jul 2014

Comparison of the ensemble Kalman filter and 4D-Var assimilation methods using a stratospheric tracer transport model

S. Skachko, Q. Errera, R. Ménard, Y. Christophe, and S. Chabrillat

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