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  <attribute name="Title" value="monthly anomalies in satellite-observed cloud properties corrected for spurious variability related to satelite orbits, instrument calibrations, and other factors" />
  <attribute name="Archive" value="These data are archived at the Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research" />
  <attribute name="Citation" value="Please cite: Norris, J. R., and A. T. Evan, 2015: Cloud Properties from ISCCP and PATMOS-x Corrected for Spurious Variability Related to Changes in Satellite Orbits, Instrument Calibrations, and Other Factors. Research Data Archive at the  National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO. [Available online  at http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/D62J68XR.]" />
  <attribute name="Method" value="Norris, J. R., and A. T. Evan, 2015: Empirical removal of artifacts from the ISCCP and PATMOS-x satellite cloud records. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00058.1" />
  <attribute name="Contact" value="For questions regarding the correction of the PATMOS-x dataset, please contact Amato Evan at aevan@ucsd.edu." />
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