Development and initial results of a mobile RASS

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-89

  Akai, Yukio ^a   Kanzaki, Takao ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

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EID: 0033483133     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030050046     Document Type: Article

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