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The vertical distribution of thin features over the Arctic analysed from CALIPSO observations: Part I: Optically thin clouds Cover

The vertical distribution of thin features over the Arctic analysed from CALIPSO observations: Part I: Optically thin clouds

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|Jan 2011

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Language: English
Page range: 77 - 85
Submitted on: Apr 21, 2010
Accepted on: Oct 25, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2011 Abhay Devasthale, Michael Tjernström, Karl-Göran Karlsson, Manu Anna Thomas, Colin Jones, Joseph Sedlar, Ali H. Omar, published by Stockholm University Press
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