Articles | Volume 6, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2941-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2941-2013
Research article
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01 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 01 Nov 2013

Mixing layer height retrievals by multichannel microwave radiometer observations

D. Cimini, F. De Angelis, J.-C. Dupont, S. Pal, and M. Haeffelin

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