Balloon-borne superconducting submillimeter-wave limb-emission sounder for observations of middle atmosphere

Journal of the Communications Research Laboratory

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 21-36

  Irimajiri, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Balloon borne sounder; Stratospheric ozone; Submillimeter wave; Superconducting receiver

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; GLOBAL WARMING; OZONE LAYER; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SUPERCONDUCTIOG RECEIVER;

SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 0036627250     PISSN: 09149260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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