Submillimeter fourier-transform spectrometer measurements of atmospheric opacity above mauna kea

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2185-2198

  Serabyn, E ^a   Weisstein, E W ^b   Pardo, J R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR;

HAWAII; MAUNA KEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032550380     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002185     Document Type: Article

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