Articles | Volume 9, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-5865-2009
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-5865-2009
19 Aug 2009
 | 19 Aug 2009

The shortwave radiative forcing bias of liquid and ice clouds from MODIS observations

L. Oreopoulos, S. Platnick, G. Hong, P. Yang, and R. F. Cahalan

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