Advances in Understanding Clouds from ISCCP

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2261-2287

  Rossow, William B ^a   Schiffer, Robert A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

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EID: 0042323504     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<2261:AIUCFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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