A comparison of diagnostic cloud cover schemes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1732-1745

  Nehrkorn, Thomas ^a   Živković, Marina ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0006858703     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1732:ACODCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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