Retrieval of microphysical variables by a diagnostic modelling study: comparison between parameterized and detailed warm microphysics
By: M.-N. le Cam and H. Isaka
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v41i4.11845 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 338 - 356
Submitted on: Apr 27, 1987
Accepted on: Sep 10, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1989
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1989 M.-N. le Cam, H. Isaka, published by Stockholm University Press
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