Astronomy from Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 555-560

  Storey, J W V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmology; Infrared; Planets; Terahertz; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33644985224     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410200500297X     Document Type: Review

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