Atmospheric studies with the tri-band beacon instrument on the COSMIC constellation

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 291-312

  Bernhardt, Paul A ^a   Selcher, Craig A ^a   Basu, Santi ^b   Bust, Gary ^c   Reising, Steven C ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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EID: 0034384776     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2000.11.1.291(COSMIC)     Document Type: Article

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