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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6459-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6459-2020
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02 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2020

Improved cloud detection over sea ice and snow during Arctic summer using MERIS data

Larysa Istomina, Henrik Marks, Marcus Huntemann, Georg Heygster, and Gunnar Spreen

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