An Unattended Cloud-Profiling Radar for Use in Climate Research

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 443-455

  Moran, Kenneth P ^a   Mariner, Brooks E ^a   Post, M J ^a   Kropfli, Robert A ^a   Welsh, David C ^a   Widener, Kevin B ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000257257     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0443:AUCPRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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