Ground-based remote sensor observations during PROBE in the tropical Western Pacific

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-270

  Westwater, Ed R ^a   Han, Y ^a   Snider, J B ^a   Churnside, J H ^b   Shaw, J A ^b   Falls, M J ^b   Long, C N ^a   Ackerman, T P ^c   Gage, K S ^b   Ecklund, W ^a   Riddle, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000802166     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0257:GBRSOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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