Evaluation of model clouds and radiation at 100 km scale using GOES data
By: Wei Yu, Louis Garand and Ashu P. Dastoor
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v49i2.14470 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 246 - 262
Submitted on: Dec 18, 1995
Accepted on: Jul 10, 1996
Published on: Jan 1, 1997
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1997 Wei Yu, Louis Garand, Ashu P. Dastoor, published by Stockholm University Press
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