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Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2783-2784

  Minnis, Patrick ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 26844547956     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3434.1     Document Type: Note

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