Relationships among properties of marine stratocumulus derived from collocated CALIPSO and MODIS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hayes, C R ^a   Coakley Jr , J A ^a   Tahnk, W R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78049332574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012046     Document Type: Article

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