Correlation between equatorial Kelvin waves and the occurrence of extremely thin ice clouds at the tropical tropopause
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1 German Meteorological Service, Richard-Aßmann-Observatory, Lindenberg, Germany 2 IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany 3 Hokkaido University, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Japan 4 Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, The Netherlands 5 Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany 6 Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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