Mixed‐phase cloud physics and Southern Ocean cloud feedback in climate models
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2169-897X,2169-8996
DOI: 10.1002/2015jd023603