Cloud properties in the southeast Pacific stratus deck
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A comparison of ship and satellite measurements of cloud properties in the southeast Pacific stratus deck M. A. Brunke, S. P. de Szoeke, P. Zuidema, and X. Zeng The University of Arizona, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, Arizona, USA Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, Oregon, USA University of Miami, Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida, USA Received: 20 October 2009 – Accepted: 12 January 2010 – Published: 8 February 2010 Correspondence to: M. A. Brunke ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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