Statistics on low-lying liquid and liquid-dominant mixed-phase clouds over ottawa

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 626 SP, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bouchard, Pierre ^a   Rogers, David V ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; RADIOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY; CONTINENTAL CLOUDS; LIQUID WATER; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS (SGP);

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33847383830     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eucap.2006.4584744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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