Articles | Volume 8, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3647-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3647-2015
Research article
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09 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 09 Sep 2015

Use of the CALIOP vertical feature mask for evaluating global aerosol models

E. P. Nowottnick, P. R. Colarco, E. J. Welton, and A. da Silva

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