Atmospheric Oxygen Microwave Spectrum-Experiment versus Theory

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 327-335

  Gimmestad, Gary G ^a   Hopponen, Jerry D ^a  

^a Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0017426471     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1977.1141573     Document Type: Article

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