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Application of an automated cloud‐tracking algorithm on satellite imagery for tracking and monitoring small mesoscale convective cloud systems

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Pages 1677-1698 | Received 16 Jan 2004, Accepted 14 Oct 2004, Published online: 22 Feb 2007

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