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Original Articles

Microphysical, thermodynamical and dynamical properties as observed in the upper part of a small growing warm cumulus cloud

Peter MeischnerInstitut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V., Oberpfaffenhofen, D-8031Wessling, FRG
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Werner BögelInstitut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V., Oberpfaffenhofen, D-8031Wessling, FRG
Pages 189-204 | Received 10 Jul 1987, Accepted 28 Oct 1987, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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