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Using numerical weather prediction errors to estimate aerosol heating Cover

Using numerical weather prediction errors to estimate aerosol heating

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Language: English
Page range: 729 - 741
Submitted on: May 30, 2007
Accepted on: Jun 5, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 I. Carmona, Y. J. Kaufman, P. Alpert, published by Stockholm University Press
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