- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10027997
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Volume:
- 122
- Issue:
- 12
- ISSN:
- 2169-897X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 6217 to 6230
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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