Aerodynamic influences on atmospheric in situ measurements from sounding rockets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A6, 2001, Pages 10553-10563

  Gumbel, Jörg ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 39449128044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900166     Document Type: Article

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