Evidences of thin cirrus clouds in the stratosphere at mid-latitudes
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Evidences of thin cirrus clouds in the stratosphere at mid-latitudes P. Keckhut, A. Hauchecorne, S. Bekki, A. Colette, C. David, and J. Jumelet Service d’Aéronomie/Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS, Verrières le Buisson, France Received: 28 December 2004 – Accepted: 17 January 2005 – Published: 21 June 2005 Correspondence to: P. Keckhut ([email protected]) © 2005 Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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