Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-1027-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-1027-2014
Research article
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10 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 10 Oct 2014

Development of a hybrid variational-ensemble data assimilation technique for observed lightning tested in a mesoscale model

K. Apodaca, M. Zupanski, M. DeMaria, J. A. Knaff, and L. D. Grasso

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