Thirty Meter Telescope site testing X: Precipitable water vapor

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 122, Issue 890, 2010, Pages 470-484

  Otarola A ^a   Travouillon, T ^a   Schock M ^b   Els, S ^c,d   Riddle, R ^a   Skidmore, W ^a   Dahl, R ^e   Naylor, D ^e   Querel, R ^e  

^a TMT Observatory Corp   (United States)

^b TMT Observatory Corporation   (Canada)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 77950351440     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651582     Document Type: Article

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