Measurements of r0 and ॒0: Two decades and 18 sites

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7876-7886

  Walters, Donald L ^a   Bradford, L William ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0000532557     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007876     Document Type: Article

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