Articles | Volume 14, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8389-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8389-2014
Research article
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21 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 21 Aug 2014

The interdependence of continental warm cloud properties derived from unexploited solar background signals in ground-based lidar measurements

J. C. Chiu, J. A. Holmes, R. J. Hogan, and E. J. O'Connor

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