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Microphysical, thermodynamical and dynamical properties as observed in the upper part of a small growing warm cumulus cloud Cover

Microphysical, thermodynamical and dynamical properties as observed in the upper part of a small growing warm cumulus cloud

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|Jan 1988

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Language: English
Page range: 189 - 204
Submitted on: Jul 10, 1987
Accepted on: Oct 28, 1987
Published on: Jan 1, 1988
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1988 Peter Meischner, Werner Bögel, published by Stockholm University Press
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