Validation of MODIS cloud microphysical properties
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Validation of MODIS cloud microphysical properties with in situ measurements over the Southeast Pacific Q. Min, E. Joseph, Y. Lin, L. Min, B. Yin, P. H. Daum, L. I. Kleinman, J. Wang, and Y.-N. Lee Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University, Washington DC, USA Atmospheric Sciences Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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