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WE wish to report some interesting simultaneous enhancements of backscattered laser pulses and the downward infrared flux in regions of clear air surrounding small cumulus clouds. The observations were made at Adelaide, South Australia, in March 1970, and at Aspendale, Victoria, in February 1971, but at Aspendale only a radiometer was operated.
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PLATT, C., GAMBLING, D. Laser Radar Reflexions and Downward Infrared Flux Enhancement near Small Cumulus Clouds. Nature 232, 182–185 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232182a0
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