Articles | Volume 16, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11395-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11395-2016
Research article
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14 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 14 Sep 2016

Precipitation susceptibility in marine stratocumulus and shallow cumulus from airborne measurements

Eunsil Jung, Bruce A. Albrecht, Armin Sorooshian, Paquita Zuidema, and Haflidi H. Jonsson

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