Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1943-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1943-2014
Research article
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20 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2014

Influence of local surface albedo variability and ice crystal shape on passive remote sensing of thin cirrus

C. Fricke, A. Ehrlich, E. Jäkel, B. Bohn, M. Wirth, and M. Wendisch

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