Articles | Volume 7, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3233-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3233-2014
Research article
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01 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 01 Oct 2014

Retrieval of cirrus cloud optical thickness and top altitude from geostationary remote sensing

S. Kox, L. Bugliaro, and A. Ostler

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