Comments on "seasonal variation of the physical properties of marine boundary layer clouds off the California coast"

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3416-3420

  Liu, Yangang ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77955480813     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3407.1     Document Type: Note

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