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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJEES-128, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2017/128
Case Study
Aerosol Indirect Effect and Cloud-base Height Observations in the North East of the United States

Siwei Li

NOAA center for atmospheric sciences, Howard university, 1840 seventh street, washington, dc 20001, USA
Dr. Siwei Li, NOAA center for atmospheric sciences, Howard university, 1840 seventh street, washington, dc 20001, USA; E-mail: siwei.li@howard.edu
16 December 2016; 20 February 2017; 22 February 2017
Li S (2017) Aerosol Indirect Effect and Cloud-base Height Observations in the North East of the United States. Int J Earth Environ Sci 2: 128. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2017/128
This work is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Educational Partnership Program, U.S. Department of Commerce, under Agreement No. NA11SEC4810003.
© 2017 Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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