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12 Jan 2009
Cloud's Center of Gravity – a compact approach to analyze convective cloud development
I. Koren
Dept. of Environ. Sciences Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
O. Altaratz
Dept. of Environ. Sciences Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
G. Feingold
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Z. Levin
Dept. of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
T. Reisin
Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel
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