GOFOS, ground optical fog observation system for monitoring the vertical stratocumulus-fog cloud distribution in the coast of the Atacama Desert, Chile

Studying fog requires a good understanding of both its horizontal and vertical distributions. Among these two, the vertical one is the most challenging to observe. Different methods have been adopted for observing this variable, among which the most commonly used are satellite datasets, together wit...

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Main Authors: Del Río, Camilo (Author) , Lobos, Felipe (Author) , Siegmund, Alexander (Author) , Tejos, Cristian (Author) , Osses, Pablo (Author) , Huaman, Zeidy (Author) , Meneses, Juan Pablo (Author) , García, Juan-Luis (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 11 March 2021
In: Journal of hydrology
Year: 2021, Volume: 597, Pages: 1-12
ISSN:1879-2707
DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126190
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126190
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Author Notes:Camilo del Río, Felipe Lobos, Alexander Siegmund, Cristian Tejos, Pablo Osses, Zeidy Huaman, Juan Pablo Meneses, Juan-Luis García

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