Objectives and Capabilities of the Skylab S-193 Altimeter Experiment

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1972, Pages 73-79

  Miller, Lee S ^a   Hammond, Donald L ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS--ALTIMETERS;

EID: 0015279956     PISSN: 00189413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGE.1972.271304     Document Type: Article

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