Updraft and downdraft characterization with Doppler lidar: cloud-free versus cumuli-topped mixed layer
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عنوان ژورنال: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1680-7324
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-7845-2010