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10 Aug 2004
Remote sensing of water cloud droplet size distributions using the backscatter glory: a case study
B. Mayer
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- and Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
M. Schröder
Institut für Weltraumwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker Weg 6–10, 12165 Berlin, Germany
R. Preusker
Institut für Weltraumwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker Weg 6–10, 12165 Berlin, Germany
L. Schüller
ESA, European Space & Technology Centre (ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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