The GOES I-M Imagers: New Tools for Studying Microphysical Properties of Boundary Layer Stratiform Clouds

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2607-2619

  Greenwald, Thomas J ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0000909242     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2607:TGIINT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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