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Russian Studies on Clouds and Precipitation in 2015–2018

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Results of Russian studies on cloud physics, precipitation, and weather modification in 2015–2018 are presented based on a survey prepared for the Russian National Report on Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences to the 27th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (ed. by I.I. Mokhov and A.A. Krivolutsky), Moscow: MAKS Press, 2019, 332 pp. doi:10.29003/m662.978-5-317-06182-1.

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Bezrukova, N.A., Chernokulsky, A.V. Russian Studies on Clouds and Precipitation in 2015–2018. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 56, 344–363 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433820040027

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