New Method for Cloud Phase Retrieval With Combined CloudSat-CALIPSO-MODIS Observations

Dandan XU; Jinji MA; Yinan WEI; Mingyan GONG; Zhengqiang LI

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2018.06.007

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