Inference of Marine Stratus Cloud Optical Depths from Satellite Measurements: Does 1D Theory Apply?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Climate
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0894-8755,1520-0442
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0215:iomsco>2.0.co;2