Transmittance of atmospheric gases in the microwave region: A fast model

Applied Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 1988, Pages 3244-3249

  Eyre, Jonathan R ^a   Woolf, Harold M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA/NESDIS Syst Des Applic Br   (United States)

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EID: 0001337563     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.27.003244     Document Type: Article

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