Investigating relationships between aerosol optical depth and cloud fraction using satellite, aerosol reanalysis and general circulation model data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3177-3184

  Grandey, B S ^a,b   Stier, P ^a   Wagner, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84887069490     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3177-2013     Document Type: Article

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