Cloud vertical structure observed from space and ship over the bay of bengal and the eastern tropical pacific

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86A, Issue , 2008, Pages 205-218

  Zuidema, Paquita ^a   Mapes, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 84971467995     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86A.205     Document Type: Article

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