Climatology of total cloudiness in the arctic: An intercomparison of observations and reanalyses

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chernokulsky, Alexander ^a   Mokhov, Igor I ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84867549944     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/542093     Document Type: Article

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