Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-399-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-399-2014
Research article
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10 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2014

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder version 6 cloud products

B. H. Kahn, F. W. Irion, V. T. Dang, E. M. Manning, S. L. Nasiri, C. M. Naud, J. M. Blaisdell, M. M. Schreier, Q. Yue, K. W. Bowman, E. J. Fetzer, G. C. Hulley, K. N. Liou, D. Lubin, S. C. Ou, J. Susskind, Y. Takano, B. Tian, and J. R. Worden

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