Joint analysis of cloud top heights from CloudSat and CALIPSO: New insights into cloud top microphysics
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2169-897X
DOI: 10.1002/2013jd020919