Optical properties and phase of some midlatitude, midlevel clouds in ECLIPS

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-153

  Young, Stuart A ^a   Platt, C M R ^a,b   Austin, R T ^a,b   Patterson, G R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0034006017     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0135:OPAPOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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