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Clouds, Cloud Observations and Cloud Feedbacks

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Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change

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The H2O molecule is one of the fundamental building blocks of the Earth’s climate system. A remarkable feature of our planet is the existence of significant amounts of water in solid, liquid and gaseous form. Water is continually recycled between these three phases of the hydrological cycle, all of which play important roles in the climate system. By far the largest mass is contained in the oceans, followed by the ice caps, ground water, lakes and rivers and finally the atmosphere.

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Slingo, A. (1994). Clouds, Cloud Observations and Cloud Feedbacks. In: Vaughan, R.A., Cracknell, A.P. (eds) Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change. NATO ASI Series, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79287-8_12

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