Terrestrial glint seen from deep space: Oriented ice crystals detected from the Lagrangian point: ORIENTED ICE CRYSTALS SEEN FROM L1 POINT
- Award ID(s):
- 1639868
- Publication Date:
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10083439
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 10
- Page Range or eLocation-ID:
- 5197 to 5202
- ISSN:
- 0094-8276
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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