Shape of the 5 mm Oxygen Band in the Atmosphere

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1975, Pages 498-506

  Rosenkranz, Philip W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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RADIO ASTRONOMY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0016534121     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1975.1141119     Document Type: Article

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