Articles | Volume 11, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-10269-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-10269-2011
Research article
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14 Oct 2011
Research article |  | 14 Oct 2011

Assimilating remotely sensed cloud optical thickness into a mesoscale model

D. Lauwaet, K. De Ridder, and P. Pandey

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Subject: Clouds and Precipitation | Research Activity: Atmospheric Modelling | Altitude Range: Troposphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
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