Atmospheric CH4 and H2O monitoring with near-infrared InGaAs laser diodes by the SDLA, a balloonborne spectrometer for tropospheric and stratospheric in situ measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 7342-7354xs

  Durry, Georges ^a   Megie, Gerard ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0000341564     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007342     Document Type: Article

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