Large-scale cloud features during January 1993 in the North Atlantic Ocean as determined from SSM/I and SSM/T2 observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D3, 1996, Pages 7019-7032

  Liu, Guosheng ^a   Curry, Judith A ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CLOUDS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; WATER VAPOUR;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0029728858     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD03859     Document Type: Article

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