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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-295-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-295-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Regular paper
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28 Feb 2017
Regular paper |
| 28 Feb 2017
Double-layer structure in polar mesospheric clouds observed from SOFIE/AIM
Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China
Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information
Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Gordon G. Shepherd
Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University,
Toronto, Canada
Yuanhe Tang
School of Science, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
Lingbing Bu
Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China
Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information
Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Zhen Wang
Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China
Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information
Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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