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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2713-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2713-2013
Research article
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18 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2013

A threshold-based cloud mask for the high-resolution visible channel of Meteosat Second Generation SEVIRI

S. Bley and H. Deneke

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