Articles | Volume 9, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-7577-2009
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-7577-2009
12 Oct 2009
 | 12 Oct 2009

CALIPSO polar stratospheric cloud observations: second-generation detection algorithm and composition discrimination

M. C. Pitts, L. R. Poole, and L. W. Thomason

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Subject: Clouds and Precipitation | Research Activity: Remote Sensing | Altitude Range: Stratosphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
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