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Evaluating climate model simulations of tropical cloud Cover

Evaluating climate model simulations of tropical cloud

Tellus
Volume 56 (2004): Issue 4
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|Jan 2004
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i4.14419 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 308 - 327
Submitted on: Jun 10, 2003
Accepted on: Dec 28, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2004 Mark A. Ringer, Richard P. Allan, published by Stockholm University Press
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