An assessment of CALIOP polar stratospheric cloud composition classification

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2975-2988

  Pitts, M C ^a   Poole, L R ^b   Lambert, A ^c   Thomason, L W ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84888166772     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-2975-2013     Document Type: Article

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