Aircraft encounters with volcanic clouds over Micronesia , Oceania , 2002 - 03
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Andrew Tupper1, Jason Davey2, Paul Stewart3, Barbara Stunder4, René Servranckx5 and Fred Prata6 1Northern Territory Regional Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, and School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Australia 2New South Wales Regional Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia 3National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia 4NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, USA 5Canadian Meteorological Center, Meteorological Service of Canada 6Norwegian Institute for Air Research
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