Comment on "A tropical 'NAT-like' belt observed from space" by H. Chepfer and V. Noel

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Poole, Lamont R ^a   Pitts, Michael C ^b   Thomason, Larry W ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 72149086930     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038506     Document Type: Note

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