Factors influencing the mesoscale variations in marine stratocumulus albedo
By: D. A. Hegg, K. Nielsen, D. S. Covert, H. H. Jonsson and P. A. Durkee
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00230.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
Language: English
Page range: 66 - 76
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2006
Accepted on: Sep 28, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
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