Relating tropical ocean clouds to moist processes using water vapor isotope measurements

Lee, J.; Worden, J.; Noone, D.; Bowman, K.; Eldering, A.; LeGrande, A.; Li, J.-L. F.; Schmidt, G.; Sodemann, H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-741-2011

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Relating tropical ocean clouds to moist processes using water vapor isotope measurements

J. Lee, J. Worden, D. Noone, K. Bowman, A. Eldering, A. LeGrande, J.-L. F. Li, G. Schmidt, and H. Sodemann

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