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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-1153-2014
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Research article
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06 May 2014
Research article |
| 06 May 2014
An improved algorithm for polar cloud-base detection by ceilometer over the ice sheets
K. Van Tricht
KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
I. V. Gorodetskaya
KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
S. Lhermitte
KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
D. D. Turner
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
J. H. Schween
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
N. P. M. Van Lipzig
KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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