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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-765-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-765-2013
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19 Mar 2013
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The CM SAF SSM/I-based total column water vapour climate data record: methods and evaluation against re-analyses and satellite

M. Schröder, M. Jonas, R. Lindau, J. Schulz, and K. Fennig

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