Articles | Volume 14, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9001-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9001-2014
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01 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 01 Sep 2014

On transition-zone water clouds

E. Hirsch, I. Koren, Z. Levin, O. Altaratz, and E. Agassi

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