European minor constituent radiometer: A new millimeter wave receiver for atmospheric research

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1555-1575

  Maier, D ^a,h   Kampfer N ^a   De La Noe J ^b   Amacher, W ^a   Barcia, A ^c   Baron, P ^b   Barry, B ^d   Beaudin, G ^e   Cernicharo, J ^c   Ellison, B ^f   Gallego, J D ^c   Gustafsson, M ^g   Karpov, A ^h   Klein, U ^d   Kunzi K ^d   Louhi, J ^g   Mallat, J ^g   Matheson, D ^f   Pardo, J R ^e   Peter, R ^a   Raisanen A V ^g   Ricaud, P ^b   Siddans, R ^f   Viguerie, C ^e   Wuthrich M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Centro Astronomico de Yebes   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^h IRAM   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Millimeter wave receiver; Stratospheric trace gases

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); OZONE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

ACOUSTO-OPTICAL SPECTROMETERS; MILLIMETER WAVE RECEIVERS; STRATOSPHERIC TRACE GASES;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 1942535333     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015091928090     Document Type: Article

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