On the relationship between aspect sensitivity and spatial interferometric in-beam incidence angles

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-48

  Palmer, R D ^a   Larsen, M F ^b   Fukao, S ^c   Yamamoto, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0006576786     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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