The retrieval of cloud microphysical properties using satellite measurements and an in situ database

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-106

  Poix, Christophe ^a   Febvre, Guy ^a   Fouilloux, Anne ^a   Larsen, Howard ^b   Gayet, Jean Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 2842574783     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-0098-3     Document Type: Article

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