Stratocumulus Liquid Water Content from Dual-Wavelength Radar
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1520-0426,0739-0572
DOI: 10.1175/jtech1768.1