Cloud and aerosol research capabilities at FARS: The Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1119-1138

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a,b   Comstock, Jennifer M ^a   Wang, Zhien ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0000771623     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<1119:CAARCA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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