Ground-based direct measurement

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 191, Issue , 2010, Pages 61-77

  Habib, Emad ^a   Lee, Gyuwon ^c   Kim, Dongsoo ^b   Ciach, Grzegorz J ^a  

^a University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84899802068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GM000953     Document Type: Review

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